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INVETERATE CASE OF STRINGHALT, 
profession, so as to enable your readers to test and judge oi 
their accuracy. 
I am, gentlemen. 
Yours respectfully, 
Edw. Coleman Dray, m.r.c.v.s. 
To the Editors of ‘ The Vetermarian* 
[We have no hesitation in expressing our conviction that 
our friend, Mr. Robinson,' will readily comply with this 
request of Mr. Dray, for we know that Mr. Robinson has 
but one desire by which he is actuated; namely, to maintain 
and advance the'interests of the Veterinary profession. In 
him is no charlatanism. We have known him long.—■ 
Editors.] 
AN INVETERATE CASE OE STRINGHALT. 
By Thomas Greaves, M.R.C.V.S., Manchester. 
The very interesting controversy in the last two numbers 
of the Veterinarian, respecting the patliological nature of 
stringhalt, together with the fact that during the same time 
an unusually severe case has occurred in my practice, must 
be my apology for transmitting the following remarks. 
The subject of this affection was a bay horse, rather more 
than half-bred, from fifteen to eighteen years old, and for the 
last four or five years he has run in the prison van of this 
city. During the whole of that time he has been aflected 
with stringhalt in both his hind legs, and how long anterior 
to that date I cannot say. At times he would appear to be 
worse than at others. He worked very well, being always 
less affected whilst at work than when standing in the stable. 
He was free from lanieness, and there was an entire absence 
of any indication of either bone or bog spavin. About two 
months before his death this affection became more severe, 
when he was allowed rest, was bled and physicked, had the 
heels of his shoes raised, and was put through a course of 
mercurial medicine. He became so much improved that he 
resumed his usual work, which he performed very satisfactorily 
up to the day before his death. On that da}", even, he ac¬ 
quitted himself in his work without any undue excitement or 
distress; but after he had been in the stable a short time he 
broke out into a profuse perspiration, and his excited action 
became most painful to witness. The spasmodic contractions 
