IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY 



OF THE 



ROYAL YETERINAEY COLLEGE, LONDON; 



THE PARENT OF VETERINARY SCHOOLS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES. 



AND IN MEMORY OF 

 CHARLES VIAL DE SAINT-BEL, 



EQUERRY TO LOUIS XVI. OF FRANCE, PRINCIPAIi OF THE LYONS ACADEMY, 



PROFESSOR IN THE ROYAL VETERINARY SCHOOL OF THAT CITY, 



AND 



DEMONSTRATOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AT MONTPELLIER ; 



WHO, WHEN A REFUGEE FROM THE GREAT FRENCH REVOLUTION, WAS 



CHIEFLY INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE FIRST ENGLISH VETERINARY SCHOOL, 



IN WHICH HE WAS THE FIRST TEACHER, 



1791. 



