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Parents and guardians^ persuade your sons and wards 
from falling into this yawning gulf of poverty and misery ! 
Students and young veterinary surgeons, have you forgotten 
the noble examples of your cousins, the medical students of 
England? Did they not convene a meeting during the 
Russian war, and pledge themselves not to enter the royal 
navy till their pay and position, as assistant-surgeons, were 
bettered? Were they not supported by their professors and 
the leading medical men of the country? And did they not 
keep their pledge and gain the victory ? 
It has just struck me that I have omitted a large item in 
the ‘‘ little bill,” viz., the cost of country medicines. This is 
from thirty to thirty-five rupees a month, leaving the 
Young Vet.” in a less enviable position than I have already 
given him. 
Reiterating my regret at the length of this letter, I will 
conclude, merely observing that such a Board really did 
assemble, as I have described, to examine a veterinary sur¬ 
geon, and the absurd questions I have given were really 
asked. This I have from mos^ reliable authority, and it 
argues strongly the necessity for a head to our profession in 
each presidency. Anxiously waiting the next number of 
the Veterinarian, 
I remain, dear sirs. 
Yours faithfully, 
^^The Ghost of an Indian Vet.” 
To the ^Editors of ' The Veterinarian^ 
RUPTURED STOMACH OF A HORSE. 
By J. Coe, M.R.C.V.S., Stoke-upon-Trent. 
The animal from which the ruptured stomach I have 
sent you was taken was a valuable five-year-old horse, of 
the light cart-breed. The owner requested me to attend the 
horse on the night of the 13th ult., about 9 p.m., informing 
me the animal had been taken ill, as if suffering from colic, 
about 4 p.m. the previous day. Nothing was done beyond 
rubbing him with a wisp of straw for about half an hour, when, 
to all appearance, he suddenly became easier, but in a little 
time he made an attempt to vomit, which was followed by 
an ejection of fluid down the nostrils, and this I was 
informed be had repeatedly done at intervals during the 
