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CONTEMPORARY WRITERS. 
is connected with the veterinary profession ; and, in the next 
place, to endeavour to expose that fear of publicity which ap- 
pears to be making its way among a few veterinary practitioners, 
and into some of our farmers’ clubs. I hope that in neither case I 
have over-stepped the bounds of moderation or propriety ; and I 
have only to add, that you are at liberty to make use of this 
communication in any way you may think most conducive to 
the great interests we both have in view, viz. those of science and 
practical utility. 
I am, Sir, &c. 
The Veterinarian for September 1841. 
London : Longman Co. 
“The progressive improvement, usefulness, and respectability 
of the veterinary art continue to be the objects steadily held 
in view by Mr. Youatt, the able Editor of this acknowledged 
organ of the science, and his assistants and numerous contri- 
butors. Cases and facts of great importance to the elucidation 
of this serviceable branch of medical practice are thickly spread 
through this number, and much valuable correspondence given 
bearing on the same subject, particularly a series of letters de- 
monstrating the usefulness of free discussion on veterinary cases, 
as practised in this useful periodical, and denouncing a return 
to the old system of secresy and exclusion. This enlightened 
view we are pleased to find our own Veterinary Professor, Mr. 
Dick, advocating and enforcing .” — Caledonian Mercury. 
The Veterinarian for September 1841. 
“The character of this journal is fully borne out by the con- 
tents of the present number; for although the articles are very 
unequal in merit, the majority of them are highly respectable. 
Some of them display considerable talent, and exhibit a know- 
ledge of disease, and its scientific treatment, which cannot fail to 
elevate the profession of the veterinary surgeon in public estima- 
tion. The cases detailed by Professor Dick, of Edinburgh, and 
Mr. Carlisle, of Wigton, will, we think, fully justify us in the 
above opinion. 
“ On the subject of publishing cases in a popular form, we 
beg to refer to the letter of Mr. J. Kent, of Bristol, which em- 
bodies all we could wish to say on the subject, and in whose 
