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sion, and a determination to vindicate its respectability. This 
has been our leading star; and, guided by it, we have pursued 
a steady and undeviating course. The acknowledgment—the 
valued acknowledgment, and the reward of our consistency, has 
been, that w T e. have, at the present moment, a list of contribu¬ 
tors, of which, not only our humble periodical, but the veterinaiy 
profession, may w T ell be proud. 
By their kind and effectual support we are not only enabled, 
but absolutely compelled, to enlarge our Journal; and our plan 
will undergo a slight alteration, suitable to our increased space. 
The “ Anatomy” will be continued. Some of our readers have 
told us that it is a very dry portion of our work ; others, and 
including many veterinary students, have repeatedly thanked us 
for it, as the most valuable division of our Journal. 
We shall be enabled to allow many additional pages to our 
correspondents, although we find that we cannot, even now, give 
immediate admission to some communications, the excellence of 
which w r e truly appreciate. 
Every Number will contain an article on the Veterinary 
Materia Medica. When some practitioners have recourse to 
drugs almost as numerous as those wdiich occupy the human dis¬ 
pensatory, and others admit not more than half a dozen; and 
these common and cheap; and, somev/hat incautiously, talk of 
carrying in the pocket all that will or can be w r anted :—when 
several medicaments, on wdiich practitioners of experience and 
character place no little reliance, as accomplishing a certain indi¬ 
cation of cure, are described by others as having an almost oppo¬ 
site effect; and, by a third party, as totally inert, the attempt at, 
or approach towards, some acknowledged pharmacopoeia, will be 
evidently most desirable ; although these very circumstances w ill 
render it impossible for us to class the various articles as we 
could have wished, and will drive us to the humble and some¬ 
what inconvenient arrangement of an alphabetical order. — 
Communications, as to the power and efficacy of certain drugs, 
either previous to or after our consideration of them, will be very 
thankfully received. Every Number will likewise contain some 
Essay, either on the anatomy or diseases of cattle, sheep, or dogs. 
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