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position that this is a noble field to cultivate, and we are 
bound to bring into it all the sources of knowledge, and 
by labour to develop fruit from it. Of Veterinary Medicine, 
like its sister division, it may be said that ee ample room 
is afforded for the exertion of all kinds of taste and all 
varieties of intellect, and the most opposite minds may con¬ 
tribute to assist each other and promote a common benefit. 
There is not a branch of natural science which does not bear 
more or less directly upon the study of medicine. The most 
ordinary powers may here find a field in which they may be 
exerted with the greatest benefit to mankind, and the most ex¬ 
alted intellect may find subjects for contemplation and study, 
which yield in importance to none, whether viewed in a 
purely abstract and philosophical sense, or considered in 
their practical bearing upon the social condition and the pro¬ 
gressive improvement of the human race. It is our duty, 
therefore, not only to become acquainted with those branches 
of information which concern us in the practice of our pro¬ 
fession, but also to endeavour to advance and extend our 
knowledge of those subjects which bear upon the study of 
medicine in every possible direction, feeling that we ought to 
ascertain new truths, if not for our own, at least for the bene¬ 
fit of the generation which succeeds us, just as our prede¬ 
cessors have transmitted to us discoveries upon which many 
of our present views are founded, although, perhaps, in their 
own time they were considered unimportant, and of no 
practical utility.” 
We do not know if it be Mr. Brown’s intention to extend 
his remarks to hygiene and dietetics; which, although per¬ 
haps, strictly speaking, are non-medical, yet they are, more 
frequently than is thought, the means by which the recovery of 
health is ensured as well as preserved ; but this we do know, 
we impose no restrictions, for the more extended and the 
more general his observations are, the more we are sure will 
the profession be benefited. 
