170 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT OF 



Mr Gillon of Wallhouse, after alluding to the loss tlie 

 College and the veterinary profession had sustained by the 

 death of Professor Strangeways, of whose abilities and character 

 he spoke in terms of warm eulogy, suggested that some steps 

 should be taken for organising a more efficient and special 

 examination in practical clinical veterinary surgery, and also 

 that there should be some preliminary examination of students 

 before they are admitted to the College. 



At the general meeting in June 1869 it was rejDorted that it 

 had been found that the arrangement as to the chair of Cattle 

 Pathology was not in conformity with Professor Dick's bequest 

 to the College ; and a question had been raised as to the status 

 of the Professor of Cattle Pathology, which it was very desirable 

 should be settled. The Directors having considered the subject, 

 proposed, with the approval of the Society, that they should be 

 satisfied that the nomination and appointment of the Professor 

 of Cattle Pathology should rest with Professor Dick's trustees, 

 subject to the approval of the Directors of the Society — that 

 was to say, that the College authorities should intimate the 

 nomination, and that if the Society should approve they would 

 then make the formal appointment. The course suggested was 

 agreed to. 



Pharmacy Act. — By the Pharmacy Act as amended (11th 

 August 1869), all persons holding the Society's veterinary 

 certificate have the power of dispensing medicines for animals 

 under their care. 



Forty-seventh Session, 1869-70. 



The forty-seventh session was opened on the 1st of November 

 1869 by the Magistrates of Edinburgh, on which occasion 

 Principal Williams delivered his introductory address. The 

 attendance at the College had greatly increased in number, 

 there being this session ninety-eight students, several of them 

 had come from a distance — from England, Ireland, and Canada, 

 and some even from New Zealand. 



At the general meeting on 19th January 1870, Mr Gillon 

 of Wallhouse reported that Mr William E. Duns had been 

 appointed to fill .the chair of Cattle Pathology. Mr Duns was a 

 graduate of the College, and lie (Mr Gillon) might state that in 

 this instance, a very able man had been appointed, and he had 

 no doubt that Mr Duns would be a credit to the College to 

 which he belonged, as well as a great advantage to the public 

 whom he would serve. 



The clinical examination suggested by Mr Gillon last year 

 was for the first time recognised as one of the tests, and the 



