150 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS, 



the results of a biinied examiuation by the record of five years of 

 coutiiiuous Avork. 



Ill the appointment of teachers much is required. The professor 

 shouhl be a man of high morality, one insi)iring- resi)ect and esteem, 

 who knows his subject thoroughly, and who jet can condense it to the 

 <lemauds of tlie case, and i)resent it clearly, i)laiuly, and concisely, yet 

 in such a way as to engage the enthuvsiasin of his students. He may be 

 a good professor without being a .savant, and he may be a real savant 

 yet a very poor professor. To know and to teach are different things. 

 A mind quick to write, subtle in the analysis of facts, facde in the as- 

 similation of all contemporary progress, a ripe judgment, the power to 

 present the analysis or synthesis in the form of a clear attractive re- 

 sumt5; these are the essential qualities, the role and mission of the 

 professor. He niust besides have such a knowledge of the entire curric- 

 ulum as will enable him to direct his work parallel to that of his col- | 

 leagues without exposing himself to contradiction, or unnecessary rep- 

 etition by another chair. To successful teaching there must be a unity 

 and harmony in the entire field of work. This necessitates that every 

 professor in a chair bearing directly on specific veterinary instruction 

 should be himself a veterinarian. 



In the appointment of professors regard should be had to the apti- 

 tude for scientific work already- shown by the candidate, and the apti- 

 itude to teach, as shown experimentally before a concours. The 

 'concours alone in which tlie candidate is nuide to exhibit his teaching 

 powers practically may often select the fluent but superficial man and 

 reject the real scientist, as it has actually at different times rejected the 

 illustrious Bichat, the creator of microscopical anatomy, Claude Ber- 

 nard, the founder of general physiology, and Dupiu, the learned pro- 

 curator-general of the court of causation. But, as corrected by rep- 

 utation for work done outside the concours the latter becomes a means 

 of the highest value in selecting a nian who joins superior didactic 

 power to a profound scientific knowledge and acumen. 



Tutors should only be chosen from graduates, in which case the ex- 

 cellence in examination should coincide with the juilgment of the pro- 

 fessor in charge of the department in making the selection. When 

 professors are recruited from the ranks of the tutors they should have 

 the experience of several years' practice. 



REPORT BY PROFESSORS MtJLLER AND WIRZ, 



Miiller and Wirz indorse in the main the principles enunciated by 

 the International Congress at Zurich in 18(»7, but propose certain modi- 

 fications. The Zurich resolutions were as follows: 



1. The preparatory studies slionUl be as extended for veterinary medicine as for liu- 

 man medicine. It is desirable that we should, as far as ))08sible, deuuxnd foreutrajice 

 to the veterinary schools the same knowledge as ibr the university studies. 



Siiici% for various reason-i, we are not yet able to enforce such a rule, tlui couj^ress 

 is of opinion that the minimum knowledge preparatory to the special studies of voter- 



