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his paper. I should infer that the solution of the mystery 
lay there, so that the Veterinary Student was perfectly right 
in his diagnosis. He very probably had had cases of the sort 
before, otherwise I consider the symptoms of the Veterinary 
Student’s case might possibly mislead any one who had not 
had a previous case. 
No dependence, I think, can be placed on the diseased 
appearances the Veterinary Student found in the abdomen, 
as the nervous system has no control over the circulation, 
and the effects of the disease must not be mistaken for the 
disease itself. 
In reply to the three questions, I would answer to the first, 
over-excitement of the nervous system, the spinal chord being 
the part immediately to suffer. To the second question I 
should think, not , but that the mucous surfaces of the stomach, 
&c., happened to be the weakest organs of the body, at a 
particular stage of the disease. To the third, it is probably 
the first case of the sort the Veterinary Student has seen. 
I must remark that, simply not to stimulate forms a part 
of the antiphlogistic system. 
The Expansion of the Horse’s Foot. 
In your last review of M. Bouley’s work, {^Veterinarian’ for 
March, 1852,) allow me to think that that gentleman is very far 
from doing Mr. Gloag justice. He mentions Mr. Reeve’s ex¬ 
periments as being perfectly conclusive, and talks of those of 
his opponent, as if they were nothing very particular, when 
the truth of the matter, at least to my thinking, is that Mr. 
Reeve is clearly defeated. It does not appear that the last- 
named gentleman has clearly invalidated any of Mr. Gloag’s 
experiments, although Mr. Gloag has drawn deductions favor¬ 
able to himself from his opponent’s statements. Mr. Reeve has 
furnished more opportunities than Mr. Gloag has taken advan¬ 
tage of, but these I should wish every one to see for himself. 
Before deciding the question in the easy way M. Bouley 
does, I would request all those who have not finally deter¬ 
mined the matter, to sit down alone for five or six hours, and 
deliberately examine the evidence pro and con ; and the fact of 
a majority of the profession being on the side of expansion 
ought not to weigh, as the majority, more particularly in the 
case of the arts and sciences, so far from being right, are 
nearly always wrong . 
There are always leading minds in advance of the age in 
which they live, but who, unfortunately, are seldom believed 
just then, and Mr. Gloag’s is the leading mind in this case. 
