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propose an infallible remedy; but we have no doubt whatever 
we can suggest something to materially lessen these evils. 
Let the system of warranty practically cease—let every dealer 
refuse to take any responsibility—let every purchaser seek the 
opinion of a qualified man as to the animal’s soundness—and 
“ horse causes” immediately become “ few and far between.” 
Provided a purchaser shall have unlimited confidence in his 
own judgment, he takes the consequences. All parties, we are 
convinced, would be in a better position—the merchant would 
be more independent—the purchaser would be certified of the 
horse’s condition at the time of purchase, while the members of 
the veterinary profession would gain very materially; for, it 
cannot but be allowed that every time they appear against each 
other in the witness box, they by no means tend to elevate 
their profession in the estimation of the public. 
Cirencester and Swindon Express . 
THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1852. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid vcri non audeat.—C icero. 
We congratulate our Council on the successful issue of the 
labours of their Registration Committee. Through their united 
and continued exertions, a Register of the Members of the 
Veterinary Profession has, it appears, been produced, such as 
no former period of our history could boast of, and which cannot 
fail to prove of great service to the present and succeeding vete¬ 
rinary generations. While the new Register is vastly more 
comprehensive than any former one, its accuracy is guaranteed; 
whereby it is rendered, at once, a reference little calculated to 
disappoint the hunter after names, with the additional value of 
what is found in its pages being implicitly to be relied upon. 
The insertion of the names of deceased members, sufficiently 
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distinguished by being in italic type, has been prudently 
included in the registry, as serving, not merely to satisfy the 
search of the curious, but also, as stated in the Report of the 
Committee, “for the purpose of identification,” i. e., to mark 
distinctions between living and dead members of the same 
name, and, perhaps, of the same family ; identities but too 
calculated to pave the way to mis-apprehension and fraud. 
