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illuminate other spheres. Enshrined amidst their own light, 
and needing not the rays of inferior luminaries, they have revolv¬ 
ed in their own' circle,—radiant but not cheering—resplendent, 
but shedding little useful or invigorating influence. Well, if we 
cannot charm them from their solitary greatness—would that we 
could !—we, at least, have had to boast of many a lesser light; 
under the milder but genial influence of which our science has 
progressed to a degree beyond all comparison with former years. 
We have shared the fate of every medical journal. We have owed 
far less than w^e ought to have done to those whose fame was 
founded on our art, and whose true interests were bound up with 
ours; but then we have, to a degree of which few journals can 
boast, succeeded in obtaining the contributions and support of 
a host of talented and zealous practitioners. In the space of 
three years no fewer than one hundred of our brethren have rallied 
around us, and enriched our pages with their contributions; 
thirty, at least, have joined our ranks since the commencement of 
this year; and it can be truly said, that there are few of their 
papers that are not instructive. One thing more can be truly 
said—that in no year since the birth of this Journal has the 
number of its subscribers so rapidly increased. Although this 
may look a little like boasting, some of our readers are aware of 
that which makes a statement of this kind somewhat necessary. 
But now for a brief analysis of Tii e Veterinarian ofl835. 
Commencing with the horse, and the sensorial system of that 
animal, we can scarcely conceive of a more interesting paper 
than that of Mr. King on the old and fatal and epidemic dis¬ 
ease, staggers in the horse: while it contains the greater part of 
that which is accounted good in the present day, it is a valuable 
relic of former times. 
The explication of tetanus given by Mr. Karkeek, as caused 
by a deranged state of the digestive organs, is novel, ingenious, 
and supported by the narration of several successful cases; and 
the effect of strong and continued blisters on the abdomen is 
very satisfactory. 
The connexion of staggers and epilepsy, and the presence of 
worms in the intestine, is a fact that needed no proof in man 
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