VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
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to me fundamentally, all things are the same, with but 
very slight variations. I likewise find between the calm and 
quiet horse, which consumed only kilogrammes of its sub¬ 
stance per diem, and the one labouring under fever burning 
from 15 to 16, the same difference as between the torpid 
hedgehog and the one that is fully awake, and between the 
snail shut up in its shell and the one with the shell wide 
open. How many more analogies between these phenomena 
and many others would we find if we were to search for them. 
Between the man asleep and the man awake the same contrast 
exists as between the hybernator asleep and the one awake. 
I have often weighed myself before going to sleep and 
again at awakening, so as to ascertain and compare the loss 
during sleep and being awake. Thus, while I lost during 
sleep 28, 30, to 35 grammes per hour, the losses were while 
awake 50, 60, to 80 grammes, and they rose from 100 to 130 
if I was occupied in dissections or operations, and, finally, 
reached to 200 grammes under the influence of only a some¬ 
what brisk walk. Sleep, therefore, is a great restorer under 
the double title, that is, in itself and by lessening in a consi¬ 
derable degree the losses of the system. The sick patient who 
does not sleep is soon reduced in strength. The unfortunate 
man who suffers from hunger and cold derives great benefit 
from sleep. In this, like in many other things, observation 
has gone before scientific demonstration. Notice, also, that 
Avhich takes place with animals put to fatten : the goose, in its 
narrow, dark cage, soon acquires the fatty liver; the ox would 
with difficulty lay on fat if kept in an airy, well-lighted box, 
in which he had perfect freedom of motion, and were tor¬ 
mented by insects. We must, therefore, close the door 
and the windows, moderate the temperature so as to induce 
sleepiness and torpor, and also remove all causes of excitement 
capable of increasing the losses of the organism .—Bulletin 
de la Societe Imperiale de Medecine Veth'inaire de Paris. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
TAUNTON COUNTY COURT.-^August 4x11. 
Before C. Saunders, Esq., Judge. 
DISTINCT WARRANTY—CLEAR BREACH—INCREDIBLE 
DEFENCE. 
Edwards v. Gibbs. 
For the plaintiff, Mr. F. Trenchard ; for the defence, Mr. H. Trenchard. 
The plaintiff is a farmer, at Cothelstone, the defendant being a veterinary 
surgeon at Taunton. The action was brought to recover £7 13.?. 4(/., 
damages, consequent on the breach of warranty of a horse. 
