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quid turpe, quid utiie, 
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Journal of Science, Literature , and Art, No. XI, New Series, 
from July to September, 1829. 
WHILE a portion of our monthly brochure will continue to be 
devoted to the review of veterinary works, we shall now begin 
to carry into execution a plan which we have long contem¬ 
plated, and which we flatter ourselves will not displease our 
readers. We purpose to give analyses of contemporary journals, 
so far as the subjects on which they treat may be connected with, 
or illustrative of, our art. We commence with the Quarterly 
Journal of Science, Literature, and Art, edited by Mr. Brande; 
not because the number last published will contribute very much 
to the stock of veterinary knowledge, but as a testimony of our 
opinion of the utility of such a work, and the ability and impar¬ 
tiality with which it is conducted. 
r Ihe first paper that concerns us is an excellent one by Dr. 
MacCulloch, on the Classification of Rocks. We are principally 
interested with the animals that are fed on one class of earths, the 
alluvial, and we too much confine ourselves to the diseases of one 
species of these animals; but, surely, the veterinarian, if he will 
occupy the whole of the wide and interesting field which lies be¬ 
fore him, is concerned with the general treatment of all domestic 
animals,—and this includes their food, and its influence on health 
and disease; and this connects him with the soil whence that 
food is raised—its comparative value, its suitableness for certain 
products—its improvement and deterioration: and this will lead 
him to the study of the nature of soils, their distinctive charac¬ 
ters—their combinations; and this will make him a scientific 
agriculturist—and finally lead him to the general study of geo¬ 
logy. The work of improvement is afoot, and we trust that, at no 
remote period of time, the veterinary surgeon will occupy his 
proper station in science as well as society, and render all the be¬ 
nefit to the community for which a better education ought to pre¬ 
pare him. 
Dr. MacCulloch’s paper is confined to the classification of 
rocks, and will not admit of abridgment; and, although it is not 
free from objection, it places the connexions, and analogies, gnd 
relations of the different rocks or strata in a clear and convenient 
point of view. 
