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THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 9 



tliemselves to its study : Dr. Bracken deserves par- 

 ticular mention, as does Osmer, who wrote several able 

 treatises, and thus contributed materially to the im- 

 provement and success of the art. 



But the greatest impetus towards excellence was 

 given by the estabhshment of a Veterinary College at 

 Lyons, in 1761, under the auspicious patronage ol 

 royalty. The example of France was followed by most 

 of the other states of Europe ; and at this present time 

 we find colleges for the advancement of the science m 

 almost every capital. 



M. Vial de St. Bel was the first who proposed the 

 erection of such an institution in England, but not 

 meeting with the success he anticipated he returned 

 to France. In 1790 he again made the attempt, and 

 receiving considerable support from the Agricultural 

 Society of Odiham, in Hampshire, he was enabled to 

 open the institution in the same year : of this he was 

 appointed the first Professor. 



Many writers of celebrity now appeared. Blaine, 

 w^ho was assistant professor wdth M. St. Bel, Law- 

 rence, White, and others, came into the field, and 

 considerable improvement in the science was making 

 daily. Broadman published his " Veterinary Dic- 

 tionary." and in 1823 Mr. Percivall sent forth his in- 

 valuable work — " A Sevies of Elementary Lectures on 

 the Veterinary Art." Add to these a host of names 

 appeared whose writings have illumined the horizon 

 of the Veterinary Art, which is fast advancing to me- 

 ridian splendour. 



It may not be irrelevant to the subject to make the 

 reader acquainted with a few of the Rules of the 

 College. 



Those who intend to become pupils, are required to 

 pay a fee of twenty guineas. A general examination 



