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tent, &c., there is reason to fear that the animal will not be 
saved. 
THE ROWEL. 
The Rowe /. — By this name, and that of the English seton, is 
meant a piece of leather or felt, of a circular form, and about 
two-and-a-half inches in diameter for large animals, pierced in 
the centre by a round hole designed to permit the escape of the 
matter which is produced by the insertion of this extraneous body 
under the skin, and generally surrounded by a little tow or tape. 
The effects of the rowell are analogous to those of the seton ; they 
are seldom, however, employed except in chronic affections of 
the respiratory organs, or obscure lamenesses. They are ordina- 
rily placed under the chest, or at the point of the shoulder, or 
on the hip-joint. They are sometimes applied to the poll and the 
neck of dogs. 
THE VETERINARIAN , JUNE 1 , 1837. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
Nothing can be of greater importance to the young student 
than to acquire clear and definite ideas of the nature and object 
of the art he is to practise. These once obtained — once deeply 
impressed upon his mind — he is preserved from a thousand 
errors fatal to his present improvement and his future reputation. 
What is the aim and object of medical science? The life, the 
health, and the happiness of the human species. Let this be 
deeply engraven on his memory (we mean not to say that all 
other impulses and thoughts will be forgotten — that fame and 
fortune will be disregarded — or that he will, in the slightest de- 
gree, neglect the duties of private life), and there will be a higher 
character given to his professional career — a deeper insight into 
the nature of every case that comes before him — an intuitive 
perception of the means of cure, and a determination, a perse- 
verance, and a success in the use of them which rarely falls to 
the lot of the presuming, the reckless, and the ignorant. 
What is the aim and object of the veterinary surgeon? The 
life and health of his quadruped patients as connected with the 
