PROFESSOR DICK. 
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I am not aware of any material difference in the distribution 
of the arteries about the elbow-joint in the horse and the ox ; and 
from Mr. Snewing’s account of it as “ on the outside of the 
elbow-joint, and extending across from the olecranon towards 
the dewlap,” it seems to have been a branch of the ulnar artery, 
and that which, after its bifurcation on the inner surface of the 
bending of the elbow, takes its course towards the olecranon. — Y.] 
THE VETERINARIAN, FEBRUARY 1, 1839. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
Our readers will see with pleasure, on the cover of this Journal, 
an announcement of the intention of the students of the Edinburgh 
Veterinary College, to present a Piece of Plate to Professor Dick, 
as a testimony of their respect and gratitude. No man better 
deserves such an honour. To his unassisted and unwearied 
labours the Scottish school was indebted for its origin. At first 
he stood alone, or opposed by those who ought to have better ap- 
preciated the noble object which he had in view : but a few years 
only passed when the talent and the worth of William Dick began 
to be acknowledged, and the Highland Society had sufficient 
good sense and liberal feeling warmly to patronize his undertaking. 
They saw, and Scotland has since felt, the value of the connexion 
between agricultural and veterinary science. They made him a part 
and portion of themselves ; and the consequence has been, that, 
while through the various districts of Scotland agricultural societies 
have sprung up, to each an educated veterinary surgeon has been 
attached, and the union has been honourable and advantageous to 
both. 
The Clyde Street school having become thus firmly based, and 
extensively useful, its Professor and the Highland Society thought 
that they had a right to share in the privileges possessed by the 
Royal Veterinary School of St. Pancras, with regard to the cavalry 
service. This was demanded at the proper quarter, and imme- 
diately granted. 
Nought now remains but an honest and friendly rivalry between 
the two schools ; each instructing its pupils in every branch of 
