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VETERINARY PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
the other continued and (in its own department of science) un¬ 
restricted ; because the one soon after its appearance is more 
or less completely embraced by the other; and because the 
former is solely dependent upon the labour and talent of one 
or two persons, whereas the periodical is mostly the product 
of the contributions of many: at least, these strike us at the 
moment to be the principal reasons. 
Could anything be urged against what we have just written 
on the utility and advantages of periodical literature, much less 
any instance to the contrary be adduced against us, possibly 
it might strike some that even the Veterinary Art itself afford¬ 
ed one ! Would that it did—would that the science in this/ 
the thirty-seventh year of the foundation of the College, evinced 
proofs of it—would that the Members of the Profession could 
rise up and declare it. ^^Well! but, granting all this, (some 
one seems to reply) how comes it, since you appear to convince 
one of its paramount utility, that the Veterinary Art has not 
• had this aid Ask our Professor, Mr. Coleman; or, should 
his interpretation be unsatisfactory, step over the w^ay and put 
the question to' his Assistant, Mr, Sewell: in case however 
the inquiry should be unsuccessful in that quarter also, we 
will in the mean time relate what we know about the affair. 
Incompliance with the sixteenth of the ^^Regulations 
FOR THE Veterinary College,'' published in 1793, 
which is this —A Volume of the Transactions of the College 
and School shall be published annually, and delivered 
to each Subscriber or his order, at the College, Gratis" —in the 
year of our Lord 1801, made its appearance ^^The- First 
Number of Veterinary Transactions ; containing 
Observations on the Effects and Treatment of 
Wounds of Joints and other Circumscribed Ca¬ 
vities strange to relate, however, instead of being continued 
annually" as the Regulation directs, the second number has 
not up to this present moment been seen or even heard of: a 
breach of orders we feel quite incompetent to put in any vindi¬ 
cation for, unless we adopt Mr. Blaine's solution of the mys- 
