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types of the disease; those cases quoted by Mr. Broad, resulting;, 
as they were alleged, from plethora and inaction, would probably 
come under the category of the subacute class ; in such as these 
the frequent slow walking exercise could easily be adopted, and 
might reasonably be followed by beneficial results. But as far as 
his experience had shown him, such mild cases as these were 
the exception, not the rule; the majority of those which had fallen 
under his notice were of the acute and most severe form, occurring 
after long and arduous journeys on the road. In treating these he 
had always pursued the most active depletive measures, and when¬ 
ever summoned within reasonable time from the first appearance of 
the attack such treatment thoroughly carried out had with him been 
followed with a very fair amount of success ; so much so that not 
unfrequently perfect systemic convalescence was re-established 
within a period of forty-eight hours. He, therefore, on the faith of his 
own experience, argued that such remedial measures, resulting as 
they did so favorably, were based on sound principles, and were 
entirely antagonistic to the disease in question. Speaking of the 
treatment just now advocated by the essayist, he was still of opinion 
that it was impracticable in these severe cases. 
Mr. James Broad confirmed the statements of his father. He 
had tested his plan in the most acute cases which had come under 
his notice, and with unvaried success, so much so that the worst of 
them will become thoroughly convalescent within a week or ten 
davs. 
Mr. J. C. Broad said that such rapid convalescence could never 
be relied upon by the old depletive plan of treatment; perhaps one 
case out of a hundred may end very rapidly in total resolution, but 
not more. He stated further that, although he had been acquainted 
with this new method for some years past, he had never tested it 
upon one single case, as he had ever been exceedingly sceptical about 
its results. However, as the essayist had brought it out, and 
directly affirmed that such success does follow and in all cases, he 
was bound to accept it as a truth. 
Mr. W. Baddall still maintained his former opinion. He con¬ 
tended that it was thoroughly impossible, with the aid of any amount 
of persuasion or coercion, to induce an animal suffering from the 
worst and most acute form of laminitis, to walk even outside his 
stable door, and that the poor suffering beast would fall headlong 
from exhaustion before he could accomplish the distance of fifty or 
a hundred yards necessary to relieve the engorged vessels of his feet. 
Such measures, in his estimation, were totally and thoroughly im- 
impracticable. 
Mr. T. D. Broad observed that at first the same objection had 
become evident to him, but he had found, on testing it in practice, 
that the animal, after walking a few yards, would rapidly evince less 
pain in his progression. He had never met with a case in which it 
was impossible to induce his patient to move. 
Mr. Dobson made some remarks on analagous cases in the human 
