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cal veterinarians, particularly after the very favorable opinions 
which have been expressed upon its use by such men as Pro¬ 
fessor Williams, Mr. J. Greaves, Mr. Lawson, and Mr. T. 
Taylor. I think. Sir, there w^ould he very little encourage¬ 
ment for young veterinarians to experiment and investigate 
important diseases which have hitherto baffled the profession 
if, when they ]nihlicly made known the results of their 
experiments, they are to be pounced upon and denounced as 
being hoist on their own petard ” and being strangely 
muddled ,and other uncourteous remarks. 
MR. BROAD’S SHOE IN LAMINITIS. 
By J. WooDGER, Jim., M.R.C.V.S. 
About three months ago I had a severe case of acute 
laminitis. 1 decided to treat it upon the system adopted by 
Mr. Broad, of Bath. In a week the animal had perfectly 
recovered. Since then I have had several cases of chronic 
laminitis, which I have had shod upon the same system, with 
very great benefit. 
PRACTICAL VETERINARY SCIENCE. 
Bv a Working Practitioner. 
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WHpn'HER we go to the annual meeting of the profession and 
listen to the discussions there, or to the debates in the council, 
or to any of the provincial veterinary medical associations, or 
read the pages of the Veterinarian month after montli, or 
even converse with the authorities of the colleges, the ques¬ 
tion of the day seems to be, How can the profession be 
raised to a higher standard?” Innumerable opinions are 
given, “ doctors disagree;” some say give the youth intended 
for the veterinary profession the highest classical education 
that can be given him at either Cambridge or Oxford, others 
say he must be kept at college three or four sessions ; others 
say give him a practical education in his youth, so as to 
render him familiar with those duties which lie before him 
in daily life—an apprenticeship. Others again say. What are 
the authorities about that they do not get an Act of Par¬ 
liament to put down quackery *? and then the treatment of 
the whole equine and bovine races would be certain to fall 
