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"Mr. Lofting explained that while he was serving at the front, there was so little to write to his children that he began the stories of the little doctor, and as he had been much impressed with the behavior of the horses and mules under fire, he had conceived the idea of having the doctor do for them what has not been done in real life." - Bulletin of the 91´«Ã½, Vol. 17, no.4, p.225.