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in anatomy, physiolofjy, chemistry, and materia mcdica, diseases 

 of horses, and diseases of cattle, sheep and pigs, twenty-three 

 were declared worthy of the Society's certificate. 



In 1857 the Directors, in noticing the College, reported that it 

 was rarely that an institution of so public a character, so useful 

 in its objects, and successful in its career, owed its origin and 

 maintenance so much to the energy and reputation of one indi- 

 vidual as did the Veterinary College to Professor Dick. At the 

 same time, the Board was gratified in thinking that the Society's 

 certificate, and the examination on which that was granted, had 

 tended to strengthen his hands and add to the reputation of the 

 Edinburgh College. 



* Thirty-sixth Session, 1858-59. 



On the occasion of the examinations for this session, which 

 were held on the 19th and 20th of April 1859, the Society's 

 certificate was conferred on twenty-two students. The Society 

 was again indebted to the voluntary services of professional men 

 of high standing in conducting these examinations, and the 

 Directors were gratified at being able to report the continued 

 assurances they received from the examiners as to the efficiency 

 of Professor Dick's establishment. In the report for 1859 

 Professor AUman said the examination for that year w^as con- 

 ducted with the most rigid scrutiny, and the answering was such 

 as to be highly creditable to both pupils and teachers. He 

 spoke, however, more especially of that department in which he 

 felt himself most competent to give an opinion, namely, the 

 purely anatomical, and he had no hesitation in saying that there 

 the result of the examination was of such a nature as to evince, 

 in almost every instance, industry and proficiency on the part 

 of the candidate and judicious teacliing on that of the school in 

 which he was educated. To Professor Allman's report a note 

 was appended by Professor Balfour, concurring in the opinion 

 above expressed by Professor Allman, and stating that he had 

 also great pleasure in bearing witness to the excellence of the 

 examination in materia medica and chemistry. 



In June 1859 the Society resolved that the students of any 

 veterinary teacher in Scotland, established under Her Majesty's 

 sign manual, should be eligible for examination for the Society's 

 certificate, and they authorised the Examining Board to take on 

 trial any party duly qualified who made application for the 

 Society's certificate. 



T] I irty -seventh Session, 1859-60. 



The College continued to be efficiently and prosperously 

 •conducted during the session. The number of students resort- 



