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THE VETERINARIAN, JUNE 1, 1856. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
THE ANNUAL MEETING OE THE VETERINARY PROFESSION. 
In another part of our Journal we give a Report of the 
Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, which was held on Monday, May oth, at 10, 
Red Lion Square, “ in accordance with the provisions of 
the Charter.” There were present several members of the 
profession, both from town and county, but a far less 
number than we were wont to see at the early meetings of 
the College. This apathy on the part of the profession may 
strike with surprise those who take an interest in the 
advancement of veterinary science, and who see in its im- 
provement a powerful means of lessening the daily losses 
our national wealth is sustaining, by the adoption of 
means to prevent, as well as to alleviate, the diseases to 
which our domesticated animals are liable. We think, 
however, that an explanation of the fact — whether a satis- 
factory one or not — is to be found in the present disjointed 
state of the profession, and the few efforts that have been 
made to effect a reconciliation between opposing interests. 
“ Union is strength,” is a truism so often quoted, that were 
it not professedly the principle which regulates the actions 
of the Council, as exemplified by its motto. Vis unita fortior , 
we should hesitate to adopt this axiom in any comments we 
might deem right to make on its proceedings. That the 
accomplishment of many designs can only be effected by the 
union of interests which may be somewhat antagonistic, will, 
we doubt not, be admitted ; and when the object sought 
is both legitimate and beneficial, such a union is demanded, 
and all who labour to promote it merit our thanks, and 
would themselves hail with delight its fulfilment. Have not 
