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by 'ariicleR vvlbcii were poured out one after another before any 
had time to operate. It has effected some reformation; it lias, 
for one thing-, compelled the student to prolong his residence at 
school. Its work, however, will be more apparent by and by; 
advantage willjprobably be taken of quietness to effect changes 
which obstinacy resisted, more because it disliked dictation than 
because it loved things as they were.” 
We have given the accusation at length, and we might be 
fairly content to leave the decision with the jury—our readers. 
One word or two, however, we must say. To the charge of being 
reformers—liberal reformers, if our readers please—or rather, 
a term once used by our friend Morton, ‘‘ renovators,”—we plead 
guilty. To that of being radicals we demur, if by radical we 
are to understand that which the conduct of too many of the 
present day would prove to be the recognized meaning of the 
term, a man determined to sweep away all abuses at all risks. 
To the charge of being maligneint, we indignantly plead not 
guilty. In the first regular expose of the objects we had in view 
(May 1828) we complained of the insufficiency of the two pro¬ 
fessors appointed to a class of 14, when that class had increased 
to 70 or 80. We complained of the lack of sufficient anatomical 
instruction, and the total want of chemical and pharmaceutical— 
the visits, few and far between, of the clinical teacher—the 
negligent mode in which the duties of the dresser were performed 
—the utter ignorance of all the manipulations of the forge— 
and, chief of all, we murmured‘at the shamefully inadequate 
period allotted to the education of the pupil, and the absurd and 
unjust construction of the medical examining committee: and 
we avowed that we would urge the repeal of these, by close yet 
fair, by strong yet legitimate argument; by that which should 
convince the understanding, but not rankle in the heart; by no 
attack on private character—no imputation of unworthy motives 
—no foul misrepresentation—no vile system of ungentleman¬ 
like annoyance.” Is there any malignancy in this? 
More than a twelvemonth ago, when we had been teased and 
worried, and abused, by many a correspondent, on account of 
our quietness” (Jan. 1834, p. 48) our language is this: 
“ Much progress has been made—as much as the most sanguine 
