A practical treatise on glanders and farcy in the horse : descriptive and explanatory of its origin, progress and termination, and the most effectual methods of treatment and cure / by Richard Vines, veterinary surgeon.

  • Vines, Richard, V.S.
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1830
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    PRELIMINARY REMARKS. XV but' they were not published until after his death, and although many valuable and just remarks are contained in the Essay, he never explained its true nature, or advanced any thing very important towards effecting a cure. The opinions entertained on Glanders and Farcy by Mr. Coleman, M. Sainbel'S successor, and the present Lecturer at the Veterinary College, have been freely noticed, in order, if possible, to correct the striking errors into which he has fallen, and in some degree to counteract their dissemination, by putting into the hands of the profession, the stu- dent, and the public, a work, which the author flatters himself will prove a satisfactory check to the too-prevailing influence which they have hi- therto enjoyed. Soon after Mr. Coleman's acces- sion to the College he was accused, by Mr. Lane in his vindication of the Enghsh Farriers, amongst other things, of teaching the opinion of SoUeysel on Farcy; how far he was right in his assertion, and Mr. Blaine in a denial of its correctness, I leave the reader to decide. Very few original writers oh Glanders and Farcy have appeared among modern Veterinarians; the two most celebrated being Mr. Thomas Smith and M. Dupuy, to whose able labours I have had frequent occasion to revert, in my progress . through this work; and although I occasionally differ on some points, especially with M. Dupuy, I