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THE VETERINARIAN. 
treatment has been now and then described with an unnecessary 
degree of minuteness. It has been so with The V eterinarian, 
and also with the Veterinary Medical Association. It shall not 
occur again. To this we pledge ourselves ; but still we will keep 
nothing from the public eye that can be conducive to the ad- 
vancement of veterinary science or the honour of our peculiar 
profession. 
As to party politics, we have done with them for ever, except 
circumstances change to a degree that we can now scarcely an- 
ticipate. There are but three subjects — three cardinal points — on 
which our language, like our feelings, may be occasionally warm, — 
the introduction at the Veterinary College of a competent lec- 
turer on the diseases and the management of cattle, — the exami- 
nation of the veterinary pupil by veterinary men, by those alone 
who are competent to the task, — and the determination to pro- 
cure a charter by which the interests and the honour of the pro- 
fession may be effectually secured. In these three points are in- 
volved almost all that we can want or wish. 
It was stated in the last number of The Veterinarian, that 
it would return to its old management and price. It will contain 
sixty pages, we trust — generally speaking — of valuable matter, 
and at the cost of eighteen pence. Mr. Percivall will share 
the superintendence and the management, and we have many a 
promise of kind and effectual support. It is that alone which 
can again make our Periodical what it used to be — in some degree 
at least — worthy of the cause to which it is devoted. 
We cannot close our leader without reverting to a circumstance 
not a little connected with our profession, — we mean, a testimo- 
nial of respect to Mr. Shaw. He was always an able and an 
ardent advocate of our cause : and in the two periodicals of which 
he is the Editor, — the Farmer’s Magazine, and the Mark Lane 
Express, — he has rendered us much service. In the English Agri- 
cultural Society he is our determined friend. His late motion 
with regard to the state of veterinary knowledge and practice, as 
relates to the treatment of cattle, is a decided proof of his ear- 
nestness in our cause. We, or any of the gentlemen whose 
names are appended to the advertisement on our cover, will thank- 
fully receive contributions to the accomplishment of so desirable 
a purpose. 
