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Dr. Budd remarked, that the case related contained facts which 
were directly opposed to the generally received opinion, that the 
sensitive nerves come off from the posterior columns of the spinal 
marrow, and those of motion from the anterior columns. He had a 
case under his care which bore upon this point. A man was ad¬ 
mitted into the Dreadnought with posterior curvature. The dorsal 
vertebree from the fifth to the ninth were carious. There was com¬ 
plete loss of power in the lower extremities, while sensation was 
unimpaired. He continued in this state until his death, when it 
was discovered that the posterior columns of the spinal marrow 
were nearly defluent from disorganization, while the anterior columns 
were scarcely altered in structure. 
‘"Mr. Solly observed, that it was necessary, in examinations of 
the spinal cord, to recollect the rapidity with which changes in 
its structure are effected after death. 
Sir B. C. Brodie said, that, where one part of the spinal column 
was- so much more altered in structure than another, there must have 
been a corresponding alteration before death. 
“Mr. Cmsar Hawkins inquired of Mr. Stanley, whether, in the 
case related, there was any deficiency of nutrition in the lower ex¬ 
tremities, and whether their temperature was at all altered. 
“Mr. Stanley replied, that there was no deficiency, either in the 
temperature or the nutrition of the lower and upper parts of the 
body in the case he had detailed.” 
THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1840. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
At no previous period, not even in the stormy disgraceful struggle 
of 1829, did we approach our leading article with the deep and 
overwhelming interest that we now feel. Since the decease of 
Professor Coleman, various changes have been effected at the Vete¬ 
rinary College in the education of the pupil—some of them ex¬ 
ceedingly useful—all intended to be beneficial, but some pregnant 
with evils of which the Governors were not at first aware. The 
attention of the profession generally has been directed to these 
occurrences; they have hailed with delight the prospect of im¬ 
provement, and one feeling has actuated the whole body,—the wish 
to elevate their profession to the rank which it should hold among 
