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their zeal ; every means, even to unnecessary experiment upon them- 

 selves, which have too often led to sacrifice of life, have been donated 

 to the service of humanity. With right France immortalizes the 

 name of her Bichat, Germany her Yirchow, England her Hunter, 

 Holland her Boerhaave, Austria her Rokitansky. With right and 

 justice, and a grand appreciation of the value of such men to the 

 world, as well as their native countries, do the Continental govern- 

 ments support them in the days of their activity, and relieve their 

 minds from all anxiety for the future of themselves and their imme- 

 diate dependants, by properly pensioning them when the period of 

 decay comes on. 



All hail, then, the day when veterinary science shall find a fitting 

 place wherein to develop among the people of this country ! 



To the purposes of prevention and suppression of the ravages 

 and extension of the diseases which have been considered, it has 

 been frequently observed that veterinarians are necessary. Having 

 portrayed their work, it becomes us to consider how we can best 

 produce them. The material is ready, the field planted. We have, 

 I truly believe, better material, young men, to work upon than any 

 other country in the world. All they are waiting for is the means 

 by which they can acquire a suitable education. It is the duty of 

 the people to supply these means. But, to this end, there must be, 

 somewhere in the country, a properly endowed, organized, and regu- 

 lated institution for the study of veterinary medicine. There are 

 several ways by which veterinary schools have been established, but 

 only two of these are worth a moment's earnest consideration ; still 

 there are two others which it becomes our duty to consider, in order 

 that we may be made well aware of their utter fallacy. The first 

 two plans, which we will not at present consider, are — 1. State 

 schools, controlled and regulated .by each State, to which we will 

 oppose a national school, answering all the purposes of the nation ; 

 but, instead of being controlled by the Government, regulated by a 

 board of trustees and its teachers, the former to be elected from a 

 national association, which should be organized for the purpose. 



There are two plans which are to be condemned and combated 

 as evils, the nature of which the people of this country have not as 

 yet any conception of, but of which they must gradually learn. The 

 first of these is an irregular number of chartered, uncontrolled, irre- 

 sponsible institutions in each State ; and the second is known as the 

 subscription plan, which may be rightly included in the first, but 

 for special reasons deserves individual treatment. 



The first of these — that is, one or more chartered, uncontrolled, 



