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fere, and to terminate these disgraceful scenes. Shall another 
session be lost to the students and to the art? Or does he think 
that well-disposed young men will continue to flock to an in- 
stitution at which such anomalies are allowed? 
Let the adherents to the old Society continue to meet in the 
rooms which they have taken ; and let them honestly devote 
themselves to the accomplishment of those noble purposes which, 
well conducted, it is calculated to effect. Let the adherents of 
the new Association meet in the theatre of the College, and 
gradually bring to maturity all those invaluable improvements 
which it promises to achieve ! Thus let them rival each other ; 
but let them not disgrace, beyond redemption, the school whence 
they sprung, and the profession to which they belong. 
The students ! — let them deliberately weigh the comparative 
advantages or defects of each society ; and then, with no feeling 
of ill-will towards the other, attach themselves to that which 
promises to answer best the purposes for which they are attend- 
ing at the College : and let them sternly set their faces against 
those (to whichever society they may belong) who disgrace the 
lecture, or the lecture-room afterwards, by any reference to party 
politics, or display of malignant feeling. Let them regard 
those as their greatest enemies who would, by thus distracting 
their attention, deprive them of the advantages which, if neg- 
lected in this the most valuable year of their lives, can never be 
recalled. Y. 
A case of successful paracentesis thoracis was related in our 
No. for June last, p. 320. The operation was repeated six times 
in the course of about five weeks, and the animal was apparently 
doing well after three weeks more had elapsed, and it was de- 
termined that he should return to his usual work. Mr. Lambert, 
who saw him at this time, and left Edinburgh a few' days after- 
wards, naturally concluded that the horse was at work, when he 
did me the honour to call on me in London. 
Professor Dick also, whom I have since seen, assured me that 
the horse, at the time alluded to, was apparently in perfect health. 
The patient, however, never worked again. In a few days after- 
