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To Mr. C. Clark, Loudon. 
Sir,— It is my duty to direct your attention to the following 
Resolutions.—I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, 
T. W. Mayer. 
At a Meeting of Veterinary Surgeons, held at-, on the 
-day of June, 1838, 
It was unanimously resolved to respectfully request Mr. C. 
Clark, of London, to prove (through the medium of The Vete¬ 
rinarian), by a reference to well-authenticated facts y the state¬ 
ment made by him, and inserted in that Journal in May last, 
which was to the following effect: “ For a time the word college 
commanded respect; but the failure of all Mr. Coleman’s patents, 
and the singular fact, that the peculiar theories which he 
enforces with most weight and vehemence, and which may be 
found floating in the brain and hanging on the tongue of every 
full-fledged pupil, are almost uniformly true when exactly 
reversed.” 
And as many of Professor Coleman’s opinions have undergone 
considerable alteration and modification during the last fifteen 
years, it was further resolved, to recommend Mr. C. Clark to 
adhere to the consideration of the present opinions held by that 
gentleman on the several subjects Mr. C. C. alludes to. 
Signed, on behalf of the Meeting, 
Thomas Walton Mayer, V. S. 
Newcastle-under-Line, Staffordshire, June \2thf 1838. 
[We are at length enabled to redeem our pledge with regard to 
the state of veterinary literature in Germany. Oiir first 
extract is from a little pamphlet by our friend Dr. Hertwig, 
Professor of the Veterinary College at Berlin. It throws great 
light on the subject of mange. In every number we hope to 
be enabled to introduce something new and important from 
the writings of our German brethren.—Y.] 
ON THEACARUS,OR INSECT OF ITCH AND MANGE. 
By Professor Hertwig, of Berlin. 
In the itch of the human being, there have long been 
observed from time to time small insects, recognized as a species 
of acarus. The earliest writer who has accurately described 
