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12. Besides theie, there aro Colleges devoted to instruction in Vete 

 rinary Art, the most important of which are, the Imperial School a* 

 Alfort, ID France, and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in 

 London. In these institutions, a very complete education is afforded. 

 Veterinary Colleges were first organized in France and Germany, in the 

 beginning of the eighteenth century ; and a great many valuable works 

 from the pens of eminent practitioners have appeared on this subject. 

 The first English College owes its origin, in 1792, to a Frenchman of the 

 name of Saint Bel. In France, Veterinary Surgeons hold a high pro 

 fessional and social position, and many of them aie members of the 

 Order of the Legion of Honor. These schools, as well as the agricultural, 

 receive annually liberal grants of money from government. One point of 

 great importance is, that a Hospital for diseased animals is connected 

 wiih each College, so that not only have the students an opportunity of 

 studying living pathology ; but, on the appearance of an endemic, theje 

 U great probability of the cause and cure being ascertained speedily. 



