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humanely as possible. He informed me that he could not allow 
a post mortem examination of the head, as he had promised you 
it should be sent to your college at once. 
On my arrival at Dr. Miller’s with my student, a few minutes 
before the time appointed for the horse to leave for the place of 
execution (as the Camden authorities will not allow horses to be 
killed in the city limits, he was to be buried at Mr. Hatche’s 
farm), I was very much surprised to find upon examination of 
the horse that you had made a mistake. Having read that morn¬ 
ing in Turf \ Field and Farm , page 393, “ The Last of Pros- 
pero,” of course I expected to demonstrate to my student, Mr. F. 
Standem, the terrible disease so common in horses from the Miss¬ 
issippi valley, as I thought it such a good chance for him to make 
himself thoroughly acquainted with the symptoms of this disease. 
You may imagine my surprise to find the noted Prospero 
only suffering from diseased molar teeth and their alveolar cavi¬ 
ties, with an enlargement only over the region of the same, on the 
off side of the upper jaw, with an offensive discharge of pus from 
that nostril. I have seen several such cases, and as I have seen 
several cases of the disease known as “ big head, ” you must 
excuse my differing from your opinion, and advising Dr. Miller to 
communicate with the owner of the horse for further instructions, 
before destroying so valuable an animal. 
Yours respectfully, 
J. W. Gadsden, Y.S. 
ANSWEE. 
Hew York, June 22, 1880. 
J. W. Gadsden , Fsg.: 
Dear Sir: —Your kind letter of the 19th reached me last 
night. In answer, I beg to say that I am quite satisfied with the 
diagnosis I have made, and am not sure yet that my prognosis 
was wrong. 
Thanking you very much for your courtesy, I am, 
Yours very truly, 
A. Liaittard. 
