THE ETIQUETTE OF VETERINARY AUTHORSHIP. 5 
even when there were excessively grave local manifestations,— 
if the temperature in these cases soon descended to 40*5° and 
41°. 
3. The persistence of an extraordinary high temperature, 
whether it had become suddenly or gradually elevated, was 
always an indication of an unfavorable termination. 
4. A low temperature was always a good sign, even when 
accompanied by tumultuous local manifestations and con¬ 
siderable frequency of pulse. 
THE ETIQUETTE OE VETERINARY AUTHORSHIP. 
By George Fleming, M.R.C.V.S., Royal Engineers. 
The tone and subject-matter of Mr. Williams’ communi¬ 
cation in the last number of the Veterinarian almost pre¬ 
cludes me from noticing it; for it would appear that the 
same spirit 'which presided in the dictation of the chapter on 
Horse-Shoeing, and in some other parts of his recently 
published work, yet animates him in a still stronger degree. 
If any one, however, thinks I have brought an unfounded 
charge against Mr. Williams, he has but to read those por¬ 
tions of the chapter to which my attention was drawn by 
independent authorities—and especially those referring to 
“ Calkins,” and the necessity for the horse’s sole sustaining 
some weight—to find that I am quite correct in what 1 have 
stated, and that I was justified in condemning what is 
generally looked upon as an infraction of etiquette and a 
very marked piece of unfairness. 
Placed side by side, it will be seen that what I published 
in 1869 and the commencement of 1872 is but little different, 
literally, from what Mr. Williams has offered in his w r ork, 
and is certainly exactly the. same in purport. It would be 
demanding too much space to exhibit this strange identity 
or similarity in parallel columns; so I must be content to 
refer those who care to discover another instance of the spon¬ 
taneous originality which forms so conspicuous a feature in 
“ Horse-Shoes and Horse-Shoeing ” to the passages in the 
three works alluded to. Mr. Williams says : “ As to the 
desirability of pressure on the sole, my views are borne out 
by many practical men,” &c. It will be seen that these 
views, which are put forward as novel and claimed as his own 
