ON WOOD-EVIL AND MOOIi-ILL. 
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I flatter myself that I shall, at some future period, be able to 
prove from practical facts that what I call moor-ill is a disease 
distinct from rheumatism, and unattended by any constipation 
or inflammation of an intense character. 
The cases which are before referred to I intend to send to you 
at some future period. 
PROFESSOR COLEMAN AND THE LONDON VETE- 
RINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
[We somewhat reluctantly insert an extract from a letter re- 
ceived from our excellent friend Mr. Mayer, of Newcastle- under- 
Line. We had hoped that our pages would never more have 
been occupied by aught that had reference to late unpleasant 
events. Mr. Mayer, however, has a claim upon us which we 
cannot reject ; his letter is very properly and temperately worded, 
and he pleads the cause of a society to which he and I were 
warmly attached during the period of its infancy. — Y.] 
In perusing the detail you give in this month’s Journal of 
Professor Coleman’s opening lecture, he there states (speaking 
of the London Veterinary Medical Society), “ It was a society 
over which he had the honour of being Patron for more than 
twenty years, and in the formation of which he had a %reat share” 
This assertion rather places in a questionable point of view some 
portion of the letter which you did me the honour of inserting 
in your November Journal, relative to the formation of the 
society. As a duty, therefore, which I owe to myself, and fellow 
students at the time, I shall trouble you with more particular de- 
tails as regards its early origin ; and this I do with every defer- 
ence that is due to one whom I must esteem and respect. If I am 
wrong in any of my statements, I trust my friend Mr. Youatt 
will correct me, and kindly fill up any chasm I may leave in its 
history after I left College, as he was one of its earliest labourers. 
When I entered as a veterinary student in the autumn of 
1811, there was no Veterinary Medical Society, or society of 
any kind, attached to the College, or existing among the stu- 
dents, nor had I the remotest idea that there ever had been one; 
the advantages, therefore, which the students enjoyed at that 
period were very meagre, compared to what they now are. Pro- 
fessor Coleman gave me a ticket of admission to all the lectures 
