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name of the writer. Supposing his shewing to be right, a re¬ 
monstrance addressed to the proper quarter would have the de¬ 
sired effect. We do, however, agree with him, that if there are 
two officers in an institution paid for superintending the anato¬ 
mical researches of the pupil, it is not right that he should be 
compelled to go beyond the walls of that institution for the in¬ 
struction and guidance, without which he is liable to perpetual 
error. 
Our friend, Mr. Cowie, has appealed to our “justice” with 
regard to the controversy between him and Mr. Dick, and there¬ 
fore his reply to that gentleman has been inserted ; but we con¬ 
fess that we should be very loth for our Journal to be made the 
vehicle of angry and personal contention ; nor shall it be so. 
These Scotch records of evidence are voluminous and prosing 
beyond all common patience, and almost beyond credence. 
The records in this cause would fill, we believe, two or three of 
our numbers; and to make every part of them agree together, 
would puzzle far wiser heads than ours. Mr. Dick, we are 
persuaded, will set every thing of importance right in his re¬ 
joinder, if he thinks proper to make one; and with that the 
controversy must cease. 
And now, at the close of the fifth year of our literary con¬ 
nexion with our readers, “ we wish them the compliments of 
the season and if but half the promises which have been lately 
made to us are fulfilled, that connexion, which we trust will last 
for many a long year to come, will be increasingly pleasing and 
useful. We will only remind our old and our embryo correspon¬ 
dents, that we are arrived at that desired point, when controversy 
—ill-tempered controversy, at least—may begin to cease among 
us; and that all that is now wanted to attain the common, the 
important object of our readers and ourselves, is the freer com¬ 
munication of scientific and practical essays. Our pages will, 
as heretofore, be ever open to the exposure of error, although 
ourselves may be the parties accused. Our profession will be 
still our motto; its enemies—open, concealed, interested, or 
malignant—will be ours; but its cause will be best promoted by 
union among its friends. 
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