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suade people he could cure diseases which, both in man and 
horse, baffle the skill of the most learned doctors ! I have 
seen, even within these few years, a party go to a drunken 
prostitute to get her cow’s fortune told, while I was attend¬ 
ing the animal for puerperal fever; and received orders to take 
a little of her blood, boil it until it went to nothing, bury a 
bottle of her water in the garden,—and then the cow would 
get better! 
J. Horsburgh, V.S. 
EPIDEMIC AMONG HORSES. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, —I have not seen your journal for the present month; 
but am informed by Mr. Peech that it contains a question 
from you requesting to know whether there is any truth 
in the paragraph copied from The Sheffield Times into the 
London papers, as to the influenza in horses having been 
prevalent amongst us. I beg to reply that there was just 
foundation for such remarks : I have myself had a great 
number of cases under my care. 
I am, Sir, yours truly, 
B. Cartledge, V.S. 
Market Street, Sheffield; Aug. 19 th, 1852. 
*** Mr. Cartledge will accept our thanks for his prompt 
answer to our inquiry. Would he, or our respected friend 
and brother-councillor, Mr. Peech, send us a sketch of the 
“ Epidemic” among their horses ; the account would pro¬ 
bably add some useful links to our present chain of facts on 
the subject of Epidemics or Influenza .— Ed. Vet. 
REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchrurn, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.— IIor. 
An Inquiry into the Reasons why the Horse rarely Vomits. 
By Joseph Sampson Gamgee, Esq., Student in Medicine in 
University College, Dublin. 
[Continued from page 446.] 
“ Enough to make a horse sick”—a vulgar saying current 
among us from time immemorial—is of itself sufficient to 
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