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treatment of our continental brethren ; and, almost in every other 
veterinary institution, through its means the profession has 
gained a higher station in the rank of society than was ever award- 
ed to it before. Whence, then, arises the enmity with which 
some at the present day regard it] whence the virulence of those 
who would compass it round about, and are labouring to over- 
whelm it. Who ever imagined, some ten years ago, that the 
veterinary periodical, the profession’s pride, was in 1841 to be at- 
tacked on account of its too extensive circulation, its numerous 
though humble contributions, and its too plain system of stating 
cases that otherwise would not have been known? 
A question, then, has followed, Is The Veterinarian to be 
confined to its circulation among the profession, or are many 
valuable statements of plain facts to be excluded from its pages 
for ever? No : let that never be ! the veterinary practitioner must 
continue to contribute his mite, and the Journal must give its 
plain statements of the causes, the effects, and the treatment, &c. 
of diseases ; otherwise, most assuredly, were its circulation to 
be confined to its members alone, it would cease to be counte- 
nanced as a periodical — it would rank as a mere society oracle. 
Are its pages too valuable for public inspection ? or are its ene- 
mies afraid that some Paul Pry will discover their hidden stores 
of knowledge. The humble veterinarian must continue to give 
a plain statement of the causes, the effects, and treatment of 
diseases, and never for a moment trouble himself with the ap- 
prehension that his neighbour may get as wise as himself from 
the perusal of his cases. He will be more likely to receive his 
thanks and his recommendation for his able productions. 
The Veterinarian is both interesting and amusing to hun- 
dreds, as well as ourselves ; and I hope that it will continue to 
be supported, in spite of a few who seem ready to sign its death- 
warrant previous to its doomsday, for a motive very evident and 
too easy to explain. Nil desperandum. 
The only improvement which I would propose in the manage- 
ment of The Veterinarian is, that the cases should be plain 
straightforward cases; but the prescriptions more complicated ; 
and that when it is necessary to mention ingredients in medical 
receipts, to use the proper technical terms. 
1 also think it would be advisable to avoid the quantum or 
necessary dose of the different articles ; for every veterinary sur- 
geon is best able to judge from the state of his patient what he 
can bear, and to regulate the dose accordingly. 
It may, perhaps, be as well to avoid the catechetical system, 
and to be cautious in answering many questions, except from vete- 
rinary surgeons alone. 
