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of “ old Charlie the groom 11 to the graduates of Clyde Street; 
also that the results of this treatment are entirely satisfactory in 
almost every case. Now this specially gifted worm-destroyer is, 
he says , an M.R.C.V.S.E.—at all events he did attend lec¬ 
tures at the Veterinary College, Clyde Street, Edinburgh. This 
insures his having heard many times of the powder and ball in 
question and of their universally good results; now, which is the 
more logical conclusion, that there has been such a private recipe 
in secret existence for two hundred years in a certain family, or 
that this young member of the parasitic family has taken the 
standard powder of the Edinburgh college—in effect—and added 
to it this very thin narrative for the purpose of better blinding the 
public,who donot realize that there is as much honor and profession¬ 
al etiquette amongst all right minded veterinarians in this country, 
“ Great Britain and France” as there is amongst the prac¬ 
titioners of human medicine, and that one amongst them 
who descends to the use of the newspapers for the pur¬ 
poses of self-glorification and the sale of private’ nos¬ 
trums—he being a graduate of a school, cheats his school, his pro¬ 
fession and the public in general who have anything to do with 
him. Then there is another M.R.C.V.S.E.—alas poor Clyde 
St.—that asserts u in the most positive manner ” that a certain 
powder, the preparation of which is also a secret known only to 
the young parasite before referred to, “ has no equal in this or 
any other country as regards beneficial effects upon the horse’s 
systemnow, if he had only said that he did not know of any¬ 
thing that would equal this wonderful powder, no one would have 
thought of taking him to task for it—we should have all 
believed it; for, in the days long back, when our “ wee 
mannie ” graduated, if report be true, they were none 
too particular in old Clyde Street as to the amount of 
medical knowledge acquired , but if only there had been sufficient 
time spent in knocking about the forge to please the principal 
professor, a man was pretty sure to go through ; but since then— 
thank progress !—things are changed for the better, and the “ wee 
mannies” of to-day must all be educated young men, the like of 
which was almost an unknown thing in the college days of our 
