VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
Ill 
Sloughing ? — Yes 
And you dressed it?—Yes, I did. 
Now state with what did you dress it?—I don’t know that I shall 
tell. 
But I will make you tell. With what did you dress this sloughing 
serious wound?—1 dressed it with tincture, and applied cold pads. 
Why, you never saw it again for three weeks !—No. 
Is that your usual way of treating very serious sloughing wounds ? — 
Sometimes. 
Ah, sometimes ! Don’t you always treat them so ?—No ; I see them 
oftener. 
Pray, sir, were you aware that the horse hauled the cart-load of 
tatoes twelve miles into Bristol, and the cart twenty miles back to 
Worle, the same day after the collision?—Yes, I was. 
And was the horse lame when you saw him ?—No. 
Not lame from such a serious injury ?—No, he was not. 
But was not the leg swollen very much ?—No, it was not swollen 
at all. 
But was it very much swollen when you saw it the second time, at 
the end of three weeks ?—No, it was not. 
Then, if the horse was not lame nor the leg swelled, why did you order 
a month’s rest?—I ordered rest that the leg might gain strength before 
he was put to work. 
Thus terminated the scientific or medical evidence for the plaintiff. 
Mr. Edlin, council for defendant, called Mr. Pearson. 
Mr. Pearson, what are you ?—A farrier. 
Did you see the horse which is the subject of this action after the 
collision?—Yes, the same day. 
Where?—In Bristol; in Thomas Street. 
After it had brought the load of potatoes twelve miles ?—Yes, soon 
after it came in. 
State to court and jury what you found amiss with the horse?—I 
found a wound inside the knee of the near fore leg, and some abra¬ 
sions on other parts. 
What parts?—Why, the fetlock, one of the legs, and, I think, some 
other parts. 
What did you do to it?—I dressed it with tincture. 
Was it seriously injured?—No. 
Was it lame?—Not at all; I saw it walk and trot, and it was not 
lame. 
Was it swollen ?—No. 
I suppose it had not had sufficient time to swell.—Yes, plenty of time, 
if it would swell at all. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Stone. 
Then, Mr. Pearson, I understand you that you are not a veterinary 
surgeon ?—No. I am farrier. 
Mr. Stone. —I suppose you have had a great deal of experience?—I 
have. 
Then I suppose you do not think yourself inferior to a veterinary 
surgeon ?—I have had a great deal of experience. 
You told my learned friend Mr. Edlin how you treated the horse; 
now tell me more particularly how you would have treated him if he 
had been left under your care?—l would have repeated the tincture 
and bathed the wound with warm water, and have given the animal 
about eight days’ rest. 
Y r ery good ; then you thought about eight days’ rest would be neces- 
