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portion of its members by the no small number of c< black 
sheep/ 5 who, holding the diploma, disgrace it either by uniting 
with it the occupations alluded to, or whose conduct is such 
as to bring odium on the name. 
I confess that I would rather have to contend with the 
self-dubbed veterinary surgeon, even if his claim to that name 
is no other than that he may have served an apprenticeship 
as a groom or gardener, than with a man who as a right makes 
use of the title, but whose associates are those who are cha¬ 
racterised by vulgarity and ill-breeding. From the first of 
these I should suffer least. He cannot long hold his place in 
opposition to a well-conducted and an educated man—but the 
latter, taking the advantage of his membership, brings the 
profession into disrepute. Thus it is, that until the fact is 
otherwise, and individually established, in the eyes of the 
world a veterinary surgeon is not a gentleman ! 
“ I only speak right on : 
I tell you that which you yourselves do know.” 
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“ The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, 
But in ourselves.” 
TETANUS IN A MARE, ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
LARVJE OF THE GESTRUS EQUI WITHIN THE 
STOMACH AND DUODENUM. 
By J. S. Woods, M.R.C.Y.S., Saharunpore Stud Depot. 
In looking over my “ case-book 55 the other day, I came 
across the following entry of a case of tetanus, which, although 
perhaps not a novel one, may still be worth insertion in 
“ our 55 journal. It occurred at Peshawur, whilst I was with 
the Artillery there. 
January 17th, 1856.—An eight-year old chesnut buggy- 
mare, the property of Captain T—, H.M.’s 24th Regiment, 
was admitted into hospital this morning, suffering from 
tetanus, but from what cause I was not able, after the most 
minute examination of the animal, and especially of her feet, 
to ascertain. 
The mouth was not quite closed; the pulse full, and but 
little accelerated. The spasms were most severe about the 
neck, leading to opisthotonos. 
An enema consisting of Acid. Hydrocyanic., f 3 iss in a 
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