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if so, is it exactly what the farmers of Cheshire wish ? Is it 
a thing of so little consequence w’hether a disease is infectious 
or not that a policeman’s certificate will do for evidence of 
the fact, for the purposes of this Act ? or is the veterinary 
surgeon in an unofficial capacity to appear in the somewhat 
novel role of prompter to the inspector of the local authority, 
always setting him right when he is about to blunder, and 
never permitting him to certify that a horse has the 
glanders ” when he only has a cold in his head, nor to condemn 
a scabby sheep ” as a victim to variola ovina ? If this is 
to be the permanent office of the veterinary profession in 
Cheshire, the profession has need to congratulate itself on its 
sudden elevation. But, seriously, was anything of this kind 
contemplated by the framers of the measure which is to pro¬ 
tect us from foreign diseases, and help us to eradicate the 
maladies which have become indigenous in this country ? 
Review. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
Horses, How they ought to he Shod: being a Plain and 
Praetieal Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the 
Farrier^s Art. By William Haycock, M.R.C.V.S., &c. 
London: J. Churchill and Sons. 
Horse shoeing has lately attracted an unusual degree of 
public attention, and many inventions have been discussed 
without any definite conclusions being arrived at. The 
author of the little book now before us does not enter upon 
vexed questions, but prefers to state in plain terms his own 
views of the correct principles of shoeing, and his ideas on the 
practice of the art. In the preface we are warned to expect 
nothing scientific respecting the structure or functions of the 
foot. Whether the organ expands or contracts under pres¬ 
sure is, in the author’s mind, a matter of indifference, so far 
as any benefit to the animal in reference to the application of 
his shoes is concerned. Mr. Haycock’s opinion of the true 
principles of farriery is thus expressed at page vi of the 
preface :— 
‘"The farrier’s art may he said to possess four cardinal 
