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poses, that those gentlemen who wish to adopt this system, 
should inform him at once by letter (post paid); and steps may 
then be taken to determine on, and give weight to, the rule, in a 
general meeting of the profession. 
Veterinary Infirmary, Stamford Street, 
Feb. 10,1831. 
THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1 , 1831 . 
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Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, lie quid veri noil audeat.—C icero. 
On the first of last month the annual dinner was given by the 
pupils of the Royal Veterinary College to their Professors, Ex¬ 
aminers, and Medical Teachers: Sir Astlev Cooper occupied 
the chair. We do not recollect to have seen a larger assembly 
of the great men, nor a more respectable class of students. The 
dinner was excellent; the w r ine was good; and the stewards were 
indefatigable. The speeches were of the usual character,—al¬ 
most verbatim what they have been for many a year, except 
that there was nothing to give offence. The language of the 
Chairman, the Professor, the Examiners, and, indeed, of every 
one wdio addressed the assembly, was moderate and conciliatory; 
and, indeed, so pleasantly did every thing go off until the 
greater part of the visiters had quitted the table, that a very 
eminent lecturer observed to the writer of this article, that he 
had never before attended so w T ell-conducted a medical dinner. 
The repetition, however, of thrice-told stories, even to those 
who were once actors in these scenes, would be tedious; and 
w r e will, therefore, refer to the last tw r o volumes of our Jour¬ 
nal for a tolerably faithful picture of what was said and done, 
with the pleasing and satisfactory exception to which we have 
alluded. 
This Number contains two very important horse-causes. The 
first sets at rest a question that ought long ago to have been de¬ 
cided,—whether crib-biting be unsoundness. There can be no 
doubt that it lessens the value of the horse in the estimation of 
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every purchaser; for the stomach, constantly inflated with air, 
