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DYSPNOEA IN THE HORSE. 
horse of Mr. Baker, which I beg you will do me the favour 
to insert, in conjunction with this communication, in your 
next number. 
I am, gentlemen, 
Your obedient servant, 
William Mavor, M.R.C.V.S. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian.* 
Piccadilly ; May 15, 1861. 
My dear Sir, —In answer to your inquiry respecting 
the horse I bought of Mr. Baker, viz., the horse sold by 
Mrs. Commerell in consequence of an injury to his eye, I 
have much pleasure in giving you the following particulars. 
I bought him with the full conviction of his being blind, 
irrevocably blind, although hopes were held out that he might 
recover his sight in the injured eye. I overlooked this defect 
owing to his being so perfect a match in colour, size, and 
action, for a horse I had purchased some time before for the 
same gentleman in Paris. 
He is still blind of the eye, and ever will be. 
I was told at the time I bought him that the accident hap¬ 
pened from his disinclination to be shod. 
I was never more surprised at anything than at the evidence 
and verdict given at the trial respecting this same horse. 
I am, my dear Sir, 
Very truly yours, 
George Edgar. 
W. Mavor, Esq. 
A SINGULAR CASE OF DYSPNCEA IN THE 
HORSE. 
By T. Greaves, M.R.C.V.S., Manchester. 
I beg leave to send you a description of a case that has 
just occurred in my practice, partly because it presents phe¬ 
nomena of more than ordinary interest, and also because it 
is just such a case which, by reflecting upon, the mind is 
enabled to catch glimpses of some of nature’s secrets that 
otherwise might be obscure and unintelligible. 
The subject was a grey cart-horse, five years old, in good 
working condition. Up to the 24th ult. he was to all appear- 
