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mation from a paper in The Veterinarian, let him consider 
it his duty to communicate two papers by way of payment. 
This plan I am sure would meet the satisfaction of the Editors ; 
and if it were pursued, we should soon have no reason to com¬ 
plain of want of contributions; but the only difficulty would be, 
in the selection of the most valuable papers; and those filled 
with venom would, of course, be excluded. Perhaps the ready 
reply of many experienced practitioners will be, “ Our time is so 
much employed in practice, that we have none to dedicate to the 
pen;” and perhaps they would add in their hearts, “ we should 
not like to affix our names to any but superior papers.” But, 
gents, I would reply,"We will excuse any laboured production— 
a leaf from your case-books will suffice—bestow ten minutes’ 
time, and the end will be answered. I consider, sirs, that the 
honour of the profession is embarked in the same vessel with 
The Veterinarian: if the latter sink, the former will be 
lost; and the heads and ornaments of our profession, having the 
largest venture, will be the greatest losers; receiving now the 
greatest honour, if The Veterinarian were to perish for lack 
of nourishment, they would merit and receive the greater dis¬ 
grace, and which disgrace would be ten times more than if 
The Veterin ari an had never risen to illuminate the darkened 
path of veterinary science. 
The work is conducted by editors of unquestionable talent; 
and all it wants is a more ample supply of practical papers. I, 
therefore, call upon the army veterinarians, and the practitioners 
in town and in the country, to come forward, one and all, in its 
support; for if they suffer The Veterinarian to fail, or to 
become stinted in its growth, or even its field of usefulness to be 
diminished for want of support, they will deserve the application 
of a line of a distinguished poet— 
“ The brand of burning shame is on you all, all, all.” 
A CASE OF SPECIFIC INFLAMMATION OF THE 
MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE BOWELS. 
% the same. 
At the close of last summer, and the commencement of the 
autumn, a disease of an epizootic character prevailed rather ex¬ 
tensively in these parts ; and as I have reason to believe that it 
extended elsewhere, i thought that ere this an account of it 
