152 HISTOEICAL ACCOUNT OF THE VETERINAEY DEPARTMENT OF 



of self-tuition to meet the requirements of your position without 

 confusion, and to continue your system of professional improve- 

 ment. The public appreciates the results which follow from 

 such a course of training. By following up such a course, you 

 secure professional success for yourselves, and advance the 

 position and social importance of your profession." 



Shortly before the death of ]Mr Barlow the Highland Society 

 had decided upon adding to its Transactions quarterly reports 

 on the diseases of animals. It was not given to Mr Barlow to 

 put into practice the plan he had conceived to meet the Society's 

 wishes. It was thought fit, however, not to abandon the sub- 

 ject, and Mr Gamgee, who succeeded Mr Barlow at the College, 

 kindly undertook the editorship of a Veterinary Department in 

 the Society's Transactions, which was commenced in October 

 1856, and conducted with much ability for a year. 



Thirty-fourth Session, 1856-57. 



As an instance that the claims and merits of the College were 

 at this time yearly becoming better known and more widely 

 appreciated, it may be noticed that at the examination of the 

 thirty - fourth session, which took place on the 21st and 22d 

 April 1857, forty -one gentlemen presented themselves, of 

 whom thirty-seven obtained the Society's certificate — a greater 

 number than on any former occasion. Professor Goodsir, the 

 Chairman of the Examining Board, was absent, but his place was 

 ably filled by Captain Falconar of Foxhall. Every pupil was 

 subjected to a careful examination of fifteen minutes' duration at 

 each of the four Boards. 



Captain Falconar, after announcing the names of the gentle- 

 men who had received their certificates, congratulated Professor 

 Dick on the success of the College. He considered it most desir- 

 able at this time that veterinary science should be encouraged, 

 when disease threatened us from foreign countries, when the 

 price of stock was so remunerative to the farmer, and when the 

 consumption of animal food was so great — the best test of the 

 general prosperity of the country. 



In the report for this year, submitted to the general meeting 

 in July, it was stated that the Directors continued to be deeply 

 indebted for the services of the many members of the medical 

 faculty who, by conducting the examinations, afford the public 

 a guarantee that the certificate is not unworthily conferred. 



Thirty-fifth Session, 1857-58. 



The examinations for this session took place on the 20th and 

 21st April — Captain Falconar of Foxhall presiding. Thirty- 

 three gentlemen presented themselves, and after an examination 



