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medical and veterinary knowledge of the day ; that was to say, 

 as discoveries took place from year to year they should make 

 themselves acquainted with them, so that they might rise in their 

 profession, and keep up its character. There was only one thing 

 that he would say to them further as to the foot of the horse. 

 He presumed most of them were adepts at the removing the 

 shoe from the foot of the horse, and also at putting one on ; 

 at least they ought to be, for in nine out of ten cases of lame- 

 ness in horses, the cause would be found to proceed from some 

 fault in the horse's foot arising from bad shoeing, or in some 

 mistake in dealing with the horse's foot. To that very important 

 part of veterinary science they ought to pay most particular 

 attention. He also wished to say to the students further, that 

 in entering life as practitioners of veterinary science, they should 

 continue to study and persevere in the acquiring of knowledge 

 of all matters connected with their profession. The profession 

 was] one which he would say, from his own experience, was 

 subject to gTeat temptation, and he would impress upon them 

 the necessity of strict integrity in all things. They were not to 

 allow themselves to be led astray by any one, but keep firm and 

 true to themselves and those principles which nothing could 

 shake. There was one subject, that of vivisection, of which 

 they had heard much from Paris. He was authorised to state 

 that the late Professor Dick and his successor Mr HaUen were 

 both very much against such a practice ; in fact, it had never 

 been resorted to in this College and country, as it was the 

 opinion of the best practitioners and of the gentlemen he had 

 named, that science could be well enough taught by practising 

 on the dead animal. 



The Lord Provost said, in his own name and that of his 

 fellow-Councillors, it was with the greatest gratification they 

 had been present at the proceedings both days. They gladly 

 hailed so auspicious an inauguration of that institution as part 

 and parcel of the care of the Corporation, which had been 

 remitted to them by their late lamented friend Professor 

 Dick; and he had no hesitation in saying that it would be 

 the aim of the Magistrates of Edinburgh and of himself, so 

 long as he was in office, to endeavour to realise the intentions 

 of the founder, and carry forward the work of the College to 

 still higher success. He reassured them of the good wishes and 

 best intentions of the Magistrates and Council regarding the 

 College; and said there was one matter to which he must also 

 allude — the regret they must all feel at the loss they were 

 about to sustain in the departure of Professor Hallen. To that 

 gentleman they were deeply indebted for what they had seen 

 these two days, and what he had done to uphold the character 

 of the College ; the courtesy and good feeling he had always 



