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VETERINARY REFORM. 
Let us, however, wait a little, and see how it fares with our 
brethren of the medical profession. 
And now, good friend “ Studens,” shall we not be quiet for a 
little while longer; and, if this desirable object be accomplished, 
quiet for ever? True, even then. The Veterinarian will be 
the proper depository of every student’s complaint, and its 
Editors should, ex-officio, be the student’s friend; but there will 
be little occasion for quarrelling then ; for if all start fairly, and 
there is no compulsion to attend on any particular institution, 
the best school will be best attended, and they only will have a 
right seriously to complain who have been gulled by delusive 
representations or cheated by broken promises. It is the claim 
to exclusive privilege which alone gives us a right to criticise 
and condemn. 
Our correspondent c ‘Amicus” must not be forgotten: and to 
him the writer of the present article pleads guilty. The book 
was placed in his hands a day or two before the time of monthly 
publication. The historical introduction was composed with con¬ 
siderable care ; interruptions then occurred, and the printer was 
impatiently waiting for the conclusion of this review, in order 
to introduce which other matter had been displaced. The Re¬ 
viewer turned to the book of explanation—he saw that it was far 
more satisfactory than the short list of Gurlt—he observed that 
the origins and insertions of the muscles were given, and that 
a second name was often appended, more agreeable to our 
nomenclature; and he spoke favourably of the book. Hq^had 
altered his opinion in a very considerable degree before he read 
the criticism of Amicus ; and he now agrees with him, that the 
plates are shorn of much of their usefulness by inefficient and 
often unintelligible attempts at explanation. Mr. Schloss will 
doubtless see the necessity of remedying this. 
To Mr. Allison the Editors return their cordial thanks for 
the zeal with which he pleaded their cause in the last number. 
This month’s publication will shew that the correspondents of 
The Veterinarian are not diminishing; and contributions 
from many friends are now on our table, which the present 
number would not contain, but which shall be early introduced. 
For the expressions of approbation, and the promises of support 
which almost every letter contains,the Editors are truly grateful: 
and for the allusions to a certain part of the last number, which 
are found in the “private” addition to the majority of the letters, 
one of the Editors offers his particular thanks. His apology for 
any undue causticity, at which one writer only has hinted, and 
even he has supported in his principal positions (his letter shall 
appear in our next number), is, that he was defending himself 
