ON RABIES CANINA. 
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to the test their knowledge of minute anatomy, and the grand, 
principles of physiology and pathology; and if those only 
whose studies have prepared them for the subject would join in 
the discussion, the advantage to be derived would be very great. 
Gentlemen who are established in their profession may have 
forgotten some of the steps by which they obtained enlarged 
and accurate views of practice, and may not choose^ to be 
cross-questioned by youngsters whose • attention is properly di¬ 
rected to the objects which border the path they are compelled 
to climb, but who have not been cheered with the sublime pro¬ 
spect to which that path conducts. 
Whether it may be possible so to modify this truly valuable 
institution, as to allure the established practitioner without 
sacrificing the interest of the pupil; or, whether it may be ad¬ 
visable, in a more centrical situation, to found a society of 
practitioners, on the plan of the London and Westminster Me¬ 
dical Societies, but to which respectable students may be ad¬ 
mitted, are questions that may deserve consideration. There 
cannot, however, be a doubt, that, next to the diffusion of a libe¬ 
ral veterinary journal, the periodical meetings* of veterinary 
surgeons would essentially promote the cause we have at heart. 
1 trust some veterinarian, of greater weight than the humble 
individual who now addresses you, will exert himself in accom¬ 
plishing this most desirable object. An ardent spirit of inquiry 
begins to actuate the members of our profession, and it will be 
our own fault if we attain not that estimation which the import¬ 
ance of veterinary science justly claims. 
T. 
ON RABIES CANINA. By W. Youatt. 
(Continued from page 144.) 
THE symptoms which have been described clearly indicate that 
rabies is a nervous affection, and particularly an affection of the 
respiratory system of nerves, or those which are employed in the 
instinctive and involuntary actions connected with respiration, 
and which serve to associate many of the voluntary muscles in 
the discharge of the same function. These nerves arise from the 
medulla oblongata, in which, or on its membranes, inflammation 
is almost invariably detected. They do not spring from the 
same columns with the other spinal nerves; and they have roots 
peculiarly constructed, and following one another in an uniform 
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