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CORRESPONDENCE WITH 
From Mr. S. Brown, Melton Mowbray. 
“ The false insidious partisan who creates or foments the disorder, sees 
the fruits of his dishonest industry ripen beyond his hopes, and rejoices in 
the promise of a banquet, only delicious to such an appetite as his own.” 
My dear Sir, — As the veterinary surgeon, by virtue of his pro- 
fession, renders himself the servant of the public, a question natu- 
rally arises, and one, too, worthy of much consideration, How 
far that public has a fair claim upon our professional services. 
If we view the great importance of our art with any degree of 
liberality, we shall feel assured that the whole of our professional 
duty does not consist in endeavouring to save the lives or alle- 
viate the sufferings of domesticated animals within the limited 
circle in which we reside, but that it also behoves us to publish 
our experience in familiar terms, expressly for the purpose of ad- 
vancing a science, especially one so noble in its objects and so 
advantageous in the estimation of that part of the community 
among which we reside. 
The difference of opinion which exists among us upon practi- 
cal points, probably promotes the advancement of veterinary 
science, inasmuch as it tends to excite a spirit of emulation 
among her votaries, which induces us to imagine that through 
perseverance we may ultimately succeed in the extension of our 
sphere of usefulness, by the discovery of more successful modes 
of treatment for the diseases of domesticated animals. 
As we are all endowed with different degrees of mental power, of 
course we have different capabilities both for receiving and giving 
instruction ; and when we consider the varying opportunities we 
have of gaining knowledge, it is probable that each of us may 
possess some little original matter worthy of being communicated 
to others. Such being undoubtedly the case, let us, for the love 
of truth and the honour and respectability of that humble pro- 
fession of which we are members, fearlessly expose our practical 
principles to the test of public opinion in plain terms, and not 
dressed up in technical phraseology, which is known as only the 
jargon of science, and only regarded by common sense as the 
cloak of ignorance. 
It appears that some worthy and well-meaning veterinarians 
deprecate the plain and detailed statements that have appeared 
on the nature and treatment of disease in some of our patients, 
and that much apprehension is entertained, lest such means 
should injure the interests of the profession, by promoting em- 
piricism. But, if we bear in mind that knowledge is power , we 
shall feel assured that veterinary science can only assume its 
