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THE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 1, 18G2. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. —Cicero. 
THE ESTABLISHMENT OE A VETERINARY PROTECTION 
SOCIETY. 
In another part of our journal will be found a communi¬ 
cation from Professor Brown, recommending the formation 
of a society for the protection of the members of the profes¬ 
sion against vexatious legal proceedings for supposed want 
of professional ability in the treatment of animals committed 
to their care. This is a very important subject, and being 
thus revived, we trust it will receive a better fate than 
it did before. 
Our readers will remember that Mr. Varnell, as long 
since as 1857, drew attention to the injustice which had 
often to be borne by veterinary surgeons, in consequence of 
the disappointed hopes of their employers, and he advocated 
as a preventive measure, the establishment of “ an institu¬ 
tion to be designated The Veterinary Protection Society.” 
See page 8, vol. xxx. At that time we penned some remarks 
fully approving of the measure, which are equally applicable to 
the present occasion. As we hope, however, soon to return 
to this subject, we will not now repeat the arguments then 
used, but content ourselves by quoting the last paragraph of 
the article in question. 
“We echo Mr. Yarnell’s solicitation that others in the 
profession will give the subject the consideration it merits, 
and favour us with their opinions. Ours is now known to 
them, from which it will be inferred that we give to the 
-scheme our hearty concurrence.” 
