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carried out in all probability the pony would be fit to resume 
his ordinary work in a fortnight. The veterinary surgeon 
promised to let me know in a few days how the case was 
getting on, as I had told him that I would see it again, if 
he thought it necessary. Not hearing from him, after a fort¬ 
night I wrote, but did not get a reply. After ten days I wrote 
a second letter, which brought a reply, stating that he had 
taken off the heavy shoes, and put on lighter ones, and the 
pony was moving better. Being in the neighbourhood at the 
end of November, I called at the house of the veterinary 
surgeon, but did not see him. In passing through the town 
the owner of the pony saw me, and asked me to look at it, as 
it was not any better than when I had seen it, which I 
found to be the case, and told him that it was still curable. 
He then said he should like me to have it at Bath to 
treat. I told him that I could not take the case under the 
circumstances, unless sent by his veterinary surgeon. I did 
not hear anything more of the case until February, when the 
owner wrote to me, stating that the pony was much in the 
same state as when I last saw it. His veterinary surgeon had 
told him that he eould not do anything more for it, and no 
other person could. If I thought I could cure him, he would 
send it by rail. On his veterinary surgeon hearing that it 
was coming to me, he begged the owner to allow him to send 
it to the London Veterinary College. The day it came I 
returned a note, stating that in from two to three weeks it 
should be fit to resume its ordinary work. 
In ten days the pony was fit, and has been doing its work up 
to the present time as well as before the attack occurred, and 
quite free from lameness. The owner stated that he should 
be most happy to give me a testimonial. 
In April last I was called to a case of laminitis in both fore 
feet of an old cob belonging to Colonel Blathwayte. This 
animal had been out of work a long time, and turned into the 
park, where he got fat and idle, which caused the disease, 
although not of a very acute character. As the case was not 
a very important one, I adopted Mr. Fleming's plan of 
lowering the erust level with the sole, gave physic, and 
ordered exercise in the park on the grass, which was fully 
carried out, with the result that it took a fortnight to remove 
the lameness, which would have been done in a week had the 
special shoes been put on. I have been called to cases where 
the ordinary shoes have been thinned at the heels, physic 
and exercise continued for weeks, without removing the 
lameness; when, by applying special shoes, immediate relief 
was afforded, and the cases went on well. 
