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from short notes, vary materially, in language, in illustration, and 
even in doctrine in different years, and more especially as Professor 
Coleman annually tells his class that the publication of them 
would be displeasing to him, we disavow any intention of this 
kind. There will be no verbatim copy even of a single lecture, or 
scarcely of a part of one, unless we could obtain permission, of 
which we should gladly avail ourselves, to give it. We shall con¬ 
tent ourselves with a summary of the doctrines taught, and that 
generally in our own language or that of our correspondents, 
which Professor Coleman’s pupils would wish to preserve, 
which the public has a right to demand, which we as chroniclers 
of veterinary transactions and science are justly expected to give, 
and to which Mr. Coleman cannot object. The doctrines of Mr. 
Sewell on the various diseases of the horse will likewise be re¬ 
corded. If our statement should occasionally be in the least in¬ 
accurate, it will give us great pleasure to set ourselves right with 
these professors and the public. 
We do hope that we shall derive information as to the doc¬ 
trines taught in other schools, both near home and on the con¬ 
tinent. They to whom we allude need not fear to enter into 
competition with teachers any where. 
With these abstracts before him, and with the works of Per- 
civall and of Blaine, and perhaps we may add iC The Farmer’s 
Series,” the student and the practitioner will have a sufficient 
library for every theoretical and practical purpose. Let our 
readers occasionally add their illustrations, whether corroborative 
or otherwise, and we shall have little more to wish for. 
The anatomical paper at the beginning of this number is long, 
and may seem to give a kind of heaviness to the whole; but the 
subject is important and interesting—most highly so : it had as 
yet formed no part of Mr. Percivall’s work, and it could not 
well be divided or curtailed. Even an anatomical detail on such 
a subject cannot be tediously dry. 
Our readers will recur with considerable pleasure to the an¬ 
nouncement of the examination of the veterinary pupils in the 
Scotch school, and in the University of London. The result of 
