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THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1864. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
THE PROVINCIAL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS. 
It is exceedingly gratifying to us to record the admirable 
beginnings of our provincial medical associations. They 
are harbingers of good, germs of onward progress, and 
adumbrate what the profession may become, nay, must 
become, if the members be only true to themselves. 
The inauguratory addresses evince an earnestness of pur¬ 
pose and intention which is more than hopeful. We have 
perused them with pleasure, and hereafter they will be 
referred to on account of their containing, not only an 
outline of what is anticipated to result from these meetings, 
but much that is suggestive. We are glad, also, to perceive 
that it is not intended that the meetings of the associations 
shall always take place in the same town, but other towns 
of importance in the county are to be from time to time 
selected. This will prove conducive to the maintenance of 
a friendly feeling, as well as tend to the greater acquisition 
of knowledge and its diffusion, since different localities are 
oftentimes productive of diseases that are rarely met with 
in others; an account of which cannot fail to awaken 
interest, and to prove mutually profitable. 
We have said there is much that is suggestive in the 
addresses. We need not particularise, as we are sure they 
will have been read by the members of the profession with 
equal satisfaction to ourselves. A few salient points we 
may, perhaps, be permitted to advert to. Mr. C. Hunting, 
President of the North of England Association, sensibly 
observes that e< amongst the foremost objects of provincial 
veterinary medical associations is unquestionably the investi¬ 
gation of epizootic and enzootic diseases, not only w r ith a 
view to the adoption of the best modes of treatment to 
