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to be unable to do this. If a “ year of grace ” will unite 
us, the sooner it comes the better; but come it never can 
unless a faithful pledge be given that the abuse shall end. 
Great faults have been committed on both sides, and we 
regret to see even now a disposition to repeat some of them. 
Forbearance was never more needed than at present, and 
Mr. Poyser will find that he also has something to learn on 
this matter, and that several of his views must be modified 
and adapted to existing circumstances. We say this with 
no wish to discourage; nay, we court the expression of the 
opinion of all who desire, like himself, to effect a fusion into 
one body corporate of a now divided profession. These ideal 
droppings must suffice for this occasion. The subject is one 
which will yet call for a free use of our pen, and we forbear 
therefore from entering upon its further discussion now. 
The third thing, alluded to by another of our corre¬ 
spondents—Mr. Shaw—is the prospect which the profession 
has of justice being done its public services. 
The Indian Army Veterinary Surgeon has good cause of 
complaint, and we counsel no forbearance here. The peti¬ 
tion of Mr. Shaw must be followed by others; nay, every 
man must speak for himself, as well as act in concert with 
his professional brethren. “ Agitate ” must be the watch¬ 
word, and no tongue be silent till full justice be done. 
We need scarcely say that our pages are open, as they 
have ever been, to all who seek to improve the standing of 
the profession, and that w r e shall not hesitate to use our 
“ Lancet ” to extract “ cold blood ” from official veins. 
Sir Charles Wood has done well to attend to what our 
sharp-cutting contemporary has had to say of “ the deep 
wrong inflicted on the Indian Medical Service by his 
Warrant of May last.” While these remarks were 
passing through the press, we have observed with much 
satisfaction that, as Secretary of State for India, he has 
superseded that Warrant and issued another, and thereby 
repaired the injustice done the Medical Officers of the 
Indian Army* Ee it remembered, that our complaints stand 
on an equally just ground, and must receive a like 
attention. 
