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■20tli April, and were as iisual conducted by many of tlie medical 

 professors and lecturers in Edinburgh, and several veterinary 

 surgeons, among whom were j\Ir Wilkinson, V.S., of the 17th 

 Lancers ; Mr Olden, V.S., Cork ; Mr Lawson, V.S., Manchester ; 

 and Mr Dearden, V.S., Manchester. Professor Dick had always 

 a large practice of poor patients, and the students had 

 ■thus an opportunity of acquiring a practical knowledge of 

 .science. The cost of the medicine gratuitously given to such 

 dispensing patients amounted about this time to £50 annually. 

 The diseases of the domesticated animals have always occupied 

 a conspicuous place in the course of lectures, and the numerous 

 .opportunities afforded of seeing such among the several large 

 dairies attended by the Professor was one of the most useful 

 parts of the instruction of the students. So important did the 

 Directors of the Royal Agricultural Society of England esteem 

 .this matter that they, in 1842, appointed a Lecturer on the 

 Diseases of Cattle in the Royal Veterinary College of London, 

 with a salary of £300 a-year. 



Tivcntieth Session, 1842-1843. 



The twentieth session was attended by a numerous class of 

 students, many of them from England, Ireland, and America. 

 The examinations took place on the 20th and 21st April, in 

 the presence of a large assemblage of the members of the 

 ■Society, and of some of the most eminent of the medical 

 faculty in the city, and after a severe and searching examination 

 on the structure and diseases of the horse and domesticated 

 animals generally, certificates were granted to twenty-four 

 students. A considerable proportion of those who obtained 

 certificates this year had been apprentices or pupils of some of 

 tlici most distinguished veterinary surgeons in England — a 

 circumstance which affords a convincing proof of the progress 

 which th§ College was making in the estimation of the members 

 of the veterinary profession in every quarter of the country. 



Twenty-first Session, 1843-44. 



The examinations of the students attending the twenty-first 

 session took place on the 22d, 23d, and 24th April, and were 

 conducted by the gentlemen appointed by the Highland So- 

 ciety ; and in consequence of the charter granted to the Royal 

 College of Veterinary Surgeons, dated 8th March 1844, the 

 .Society's examiners were assisted by those elected by the Council 

 of the Royal College. Besides these, there was a full attendance 

 of the members of the Society and the resident gentlemen of 

 the surrounding counties, and others who took a lively interest 



