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fession, as it affords an excellent medium for the collection and 
communion of facts, without which, I say, we cannot make 
much progress. 
But a house divided against itself cannot stand; and, in all 
our communications with each other, we should keep in mind 
the moral inculcated in the fable of the old man and the bundle 
of sticks. We have indeed enough of enmity to encounter in 
the world, without picking a hole in each other's coat. I hope, 
therefore, with you, that, in this respect at least, we are entering 
a new era—that we are arrived at that desired point when 
controversy, ill-tempered controversy at least, may begin to cease 
amongst us; and that all that is now wanting to attain the com¬ 
mon and important object of our (your) readers and ourselves, is 
a freer communication of practical and scientific essays." Is not 
the simple practical fact relative to the cure of fistulous sinuses 
by means of pressure, as communicated by Mr. Gray, of Edin¬ 
burgh (who, by the way, I am glad to see amongst your contri¬ 
butors), of infinitely more importance to the interests of science, 
than the yet unterminated and, perhaps, interminable dispute 
between Mr. Dick and Mr. Cowde? But, again, let me express a 
hope that envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness," may 
cease amongst us; and that these bad passions may find no 
resting-place amongst our brethren, not even beyond the Tweed* 
And now, my dear Youatt, allow me to congratulate you, al¬ 
though perhaps somewhat late, upon your appointment of Lec¬ 
turer on Veterinary Medicine at the London University." To 
that liberal institution we owe a debt of gratitude. Let the 
proud College of Edinburgh follow the example, and admit 
Professor Dick within its walls. But with respect to your ap¬ 
pointment I congratulate you, not so much upon private as upon 
public grounds; which, by throwing open the market and caus¬ 
ing a competition, may lead to some reform in our system. I 
am far from being an enemy to the Veterinary College, and I 
have a great regard for its professors : but I am an enemy to all 
corporate and exclusive monopolies, being a system calculated 
for the benefit of the few against the interests of the many; fa¬ 
vouring, for the most part, the abuse of power, and tending to 
perpetuate patronage in particular individuals, lives, or families. 
In conclusion, Messieurs les Editeurs, I wish you, your con¬ 
tributors, and readers, all a happy new year, and a successful 
one to The Veterinarian; which I hope to see not only 
rally from its late too much neglected condition, but thrive and 
flourish for many seasons. I do not wish to see it grow larger 
or more expensive, but I do hope to find it every year increase 
in interest and valuable matter; and this it cannot fail to do, if 
