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THE VETERINARIAN, MAY 1, 1863. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.— Cicero. 
THE SCIENCES IN CONNECTION WITH VETERINARY 
MEDICINE. 
' It may be that some persons will charge us with having 
high aims and being very ambitious. Nor are we very 
solicitous to clear ourselves from the imputation; yea, rather, 
we would rather at once plead guilty to the charge, having 
always held a high opinion as to the usefulness of the 
veterinary profession, while we as sincerely believe that we 
can only fulfil our duty as members thereof by endeavouring 
to place its practice on a scientific basis; since it is only in 
proportion as the superstructure is raised upon this that 
we shall really progress. 
Not long since we dwelt upon the connection that 
exists between medicine and the physical sciences generally; 
claiming our right to a position among them, second only to 
that of the sister science. This subject we shall now revert 
to, in agreement with a promise then made, as it is by no 
means exhausted. Indeed the more we reflect upon it, the 
more we are convinced that it is alone by an association of 
this kind that we can maintain our status in the social 
scale. 
In following up this subject, we shall not hesitate to 
quote from others with whom our opinions may be in accord, 
expatiating upon and applying their statements, for by so 
doing our own will become strengthened ; or it may be that 
we shall have to combat the views that others take. Nor 
would we lose sight of the practical in the merely sesthetical; 
nevertheless we are quite sure that unless we are governed 
by principles, our practice can never be sound or correct. 
It is true empiricism may sometimes succeed, because it is 
bold and has nothing to lose ; still it is only at best hap¬ 
hazard work, and gives no solid satisfaction to the mind ; 
nor can it ever bear the test of reason, as it can assign no 
why and wherefore^^ for its doings. 
