SUDDEN DEATH FROM PERICARDITIS. 
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can sympathise with those who have to contend against the 
unqualified man, 1 who is ever ready to assume the name of 
veterinary surgeon, placing it conspicuously on his premises. 
As for the argument that has been advanced; namely, that 
it is for the qualified man to convince the public by his 
talents who is to be employed; this is a long, an expensive, 
and a wearisome task; and, I am fully convinced, until some¬ 
thing is done to assist the provincial members of the College 
against this state of things, that no mutual co-operation of 
the profession will ever be realised. Those I have met with 
at various times, consider it quite an act of injustice to be 
left unprotected so long; and I do hope that, as now the subject 
is brought prominently forward, it will not be allowed again 
to rest until some plan is devised, so that the public may be 
informed who are really members of the profession, or in 
possession of the diploma. The best means of acquainting 
the public who are pretenders, that I have found in my 
district, is their examination as witnesses in trials before a 
Court of Judicature. 
Having thus thrown out my idea on the subject, I leave it 
for the consideration of those better able than I am to give 
it their mature thought and judgment. 
SUDDEN DEATH OF A MARE, IN WHICH EVI¬ 
DENCES OF ACUTE PERICARDITIS WERE 
FOUND ON A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. 
By Messrs. Broad and Woodger, jun., M.R.C.V.S., 
Paddington. 
October 20th.—An aged chestnut cart mare, belonging to 
Mr. Wise, farmer, of Cricklewood, was admitted into our 
infirmary, in consequence of an injury of the off fore leg, 
arising from a kick she had received from a horse while at 
grass. 
The immediate effect of the blow was the infliction of a 
deepish wound on the inside of the arm, just above the 
knee-joint. 
The limb was much swollen, but the wound had a healthy 
appearance. 
The accident we were informed had occurred about three 
or four days previous to her admission. 
