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attention to minute anatomical details, must be accomplished by 
the united endeavours of us all. We must (if this is to be eflfected) 
have none of that cold and listless spirit, sometimes remarkable in 
those amongst us who have finished their studies, and are com¬ 
fortably settled in life, and who care not a straw for the profes¬ 
sion, any further than affording a livelihood ; who never search 
for hidden truths, or, grappling with them when accidentally found, 
strive by still closer examination to raise further, even by the ad¬ 
dition of a mite, the advancement of veterinary science. 
There must be none of that condemnable spirit, which calls 
our professors asses, and the greater part of the profession yoo/s ; 
and which has defeated, and always will defeat, those salutary 
objects and measures which may elevate the character of our 
art. 
We have observed what the good effects of friendly association 
are—we have felt its constraining; influence—we have seen how 
it offers an inducement to deposit in our general storehouse of 
science, the little gleanings that we gather in the streets of cities 
and in country farm-yards—assuring us, that, beside the inward 
pleasure we may experience in performing so good an action, we 
shall receive interest for its use. 
We have seen how veterinary science at large calls us to put 
our shoulders to the wheel, and urge her forward in the course 
of improvement. We have seen how she has been assisted in 
her onward progress by the labours of a Blaine, a Clark, a 
Coleman, a Field, a Goodwin, a Percivall, a Sewell, a Turner, 
a Youatt, cum ntulfis aliis. And will the junior practitioners of 
the present day refuse to contribute their share towards the ad¬ 
vancement of our noble art? Shall we behold the struggles she 
is making towards attaining that station which belongs to her, 
and lend no helping hand ? 
I respectfully call upon veterinary surgeons everywhere, if 
they have the slightest love for their profession, if they value 
their own station in society, or have any regard for their bre¬ 
thren, to unite in promoting, by every means in their power, the 
real advancement of the veterinary art; and, in all her several 
departments, to raise her in the estimation of society by their 
conduct and respectability : and also to support, by their exertions, 
those who seek to carry out the real wishes of the profession. 
The labours of one or a few of us, let them be highly talented 
and animated by a degree of zeal worthy of the cause in which 
they have embarked, will be of no avail unless they are supported 
by the well-thinking portion of the profession. And whatever 
is done must not be performed grudgingly, for it is essentially 
thei?' duty. 
