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there are certainly times and seasons when the educated 
and scientific man is justified in the experimental use of 
the lower animals. But what is to be condemned is, the 
want of humanity in the performance of these experiments, 
and their frequent and unnecessary repetition. We were 
therefore gdad when the Emperor of the Erench had deter¬ 
mined that no longer should vivisections be carried on in 
the schools and colleges of France. We are not ignorant 
of the fact that many persons are strong advocates for 
vivisection, although it may be that they are not altogether 
opposed to our views. 
We cannot but rejoice to perceive that the aid of the pro¬ 
fession is being more frequently called into requisition by the 
public, and especially by the agricultural section thereof; one 
the most likely of all others to be benefited by the application 
of the principles of veterinary science. Nevertheless, many 
of its members have been hitherto strangely indifferent to 
it, often preferring to seek assistance from the pretending 
and uneducated charlatan rather than the scientific prac¬ 
titioner. And we fear that this will continue to take place 
for yet some time to come, until the public mind becomes 
thoroughly impressed with the conviction that by science 
only can those means be acquired that will lead to both 
the prevention and the cure of disease. The middle class 
schools now being established will tend much to the pro¬ 
motion of this. On this account it is we have ever been 
desirous of giving to the aspirant of veterinary medicine an 
education of a high tone or character. 
Reports of cases of veterinary jurisprudence have always 
been welcome to our columns. For them we are principally 
indebted to our friends, and we shall be pleased with their 
continuance. Reference to them, and their collation, cannot 
fail to instruct the profession in a very important section of 
their duties. The subjoined observations, taken from an 
address delivered by the Lord Chief Justice at a meeting of 
the medical profession, may not be inapplicable to ours; 
whilst the truthfulness of the remarks, and the high source 
from whence they emanate, will give them due weight and 
enforce their 'worth. The difference between the two pro¬ 
fessions is one of degree rather than of principle. 
