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which was given to the local practitioner without diploma 
(the adjoining district was given to a mere cow-leech), who 
even now holds the appointment of veterinary surgeon to the 
local board. Another man, who is an ex-groom, styles him¬ 
self a veterinary surgeon, and by some means a qualified 
man was induced to join him last season, who, on finding how 
matters stood, at once left the town, hut the names of the 
two are still up, with the letters M.R.C.V.S.L. attached. 
Surely we require the interference of the law in such cases. 
In the town of Whitby lives another M.R.C.V.S., who 
devotes his time to selling drugs, and deputes his practice to 
a farrier, and, in case of a certificate being required, attaches 
his signature. We cannot blame a man who can make a 
living by so doing, in preference to carrying on practice; but 
the fact points out the unsatisfactory state of the profession, 
and the question arises. What will become of the ninety-two 
members who have newly joined the ranks ? 
My own experience in the place proves that sticking to the 
etiquette of the profession simply means making enemies of a 
class of persons who, under the present system, hold a 
veterinary surgeon’s character in their hands unfortunately, 
and will continue to hold it, until we take a more decided 
course of action than has yet been attempted. 
FRACTURE OF THE ISCHIUM OF A HORSE. 
By W M. Brown, M.R.C.V.S., Fitzroy-square. 
The following most extraordinary and complicated case of 
fracture of the right os innominatum that I have ever seen 
occurred in one of my patients (the property of a large soda- 
water firm). I forward particulars that you may, if you think 
fit, insert the same in your valuable journal. On Monday, 
14th June, at half-past ten at night, my attention was called 
to a bay gelding 16 hands, high and aged; the horse had 
been at work in double harness the whole day in the van. 
The driver stated that the animal was perfectly free from 
lameness, and did not fall down or have anything run against 
him in any way (but this I do not believe); that going down 
Kingston-hill the animal seemed to go gradually lame, and by 
the time he arrived in the town the horse was so bad that he 
was obliged to let it walk slowly all the way to my infirmary. 
I found the animal much exhausted, and the thigh so greatly 
swelled that I declined to give an opinion as to the extent of 
