MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
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many of the profession are anxious for the formation of a new 
society. We would entreat these gentlemen not to act hastily in 
this matter. Give to the old society, that did work well and do 
good, a tempus penit entire. The delusion wdl not last for ever; 
and there are good and honest hearts enough in the present class 
to do that, by and by, which in their cooler moments their con- 
sciences now sternly tell them they ought to do. As for that 
mysterious tie to which so many of our correspondents allude — 
the open boast of one party, and by which the other is held in 
thraldom, and which for many a year has made the interior of the 
Veterinary College a scene of insubordination, jealousy, malig- 
nity, and savage warfare , destructive of all improvement, and 
disgraceful to the institution and to the profession — we share in 
their regret and their wonder; but we have no explanation to 
give. 
The first part of the paper of Mr. Rush is inserted in the present 
number, with no view to prolong the dispute, but certainly with 
the intention of putting our readers in possession of the real 
circumstances of the case, and of rendering an act of justice to 
a talented and honourable young man. There are few of our 
readers who will not admire the diligent research and the clear 
and accurate physiological view's which this essay displays; and 
they will not be insensible to that proper feeling, that pledge 
of good and right purpose, and of future worth, which it con- 
tains. 
It is well known to the members of the Society, that this 
gentleman labours under a considerable impediment in his speech; 
on which account his brother defended his essay on the evening 
of discussion, and was his champion on the following morning, 
and for which an unfeeling anonymous writer consigns him to a 
horsepond. Although we are urged by both brothers to state 
the circumstances of this morning adventure, we beg leave 
peremptorily to refuse. They shall not so far compromise them- 
selves until some known antagonist is in the field ; and then 
such a tale shall be told, as, in the opinion of every one with 
human feelings, would consign him to a dozen horseponds, or 
rather to eternal contempt, who in such circumstances did not 
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