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THE PRESENT EPIDEMIC. 
hold it to be the duty of the Council of the Royal Agricultural 
Society to inquire into the matter.” 
The attention of our readers will be attracted by a straightfor- 
ward truth-speaking letter from Mr. Cartwright. It is expressed 
in the strong language which becomes such a subject. It is written 
by an eye-witness of the scenes which he describes, and demands 
the most serious attention of the Governors of the Veterinary Col- 
lege, the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and every member 
of the veterinary profession. We cordially thank Mr. Cartwright 
for it. 
He bears a little too hardly, however, on one person — the De- 
monstrator. It should be recollected that, at the commencement of 
the last session, the situation was perfectly new to Mr. Barth. He 
did considerably improve, and that improvement has been more 
rapid since the close of the last session. Still we are not sorry 
that Mr. Cartwright has touched on the subject, for it will stimulate 
the Demonstrator to greater industry, and render his services more 
valuable. 
In the course of the last month the Editor has sent a circular — a 
copy of which is subjoined — to a great proportion of his veterinary 
brethren. He is fearful, however, that he may have omitted the 
names of many from whom a contribution would be most accepta- 
ble. He would be most thankful for an account of their experience 
on this matter. His object is to be enabled, at some future and not 
distant time, to present to the public a history of these epidemics, 
worthy of the profession to which he belongs. 
Accounts from unprofessional men must, to a certain extent, be 
erroneous and unsatisfactory, but, obtained from the sources to which 
he is now applying, they will be valuable indeed. They will form 
a new era in the history of our art, and he knows not by what 
means the veterinary profession would rise to higher and more de- 
served estimation. 
1, OSNABURGH PLACE, New RoAD, 
London , Dec. 11, 1840. 
My dear Sir, — The English Agricultural Society having 
determined to distribute a circular among its members — the farmers 
of the different districts — soliciting an account of the late and 
