THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 9 



the subscribers, had become a considerable field of medical 

 observation. 



A regular course of lectures was delivered throughout 

 the season ; and dissections were also carried on, in which 

 the pupils had the benefit of the instruction of the pro- 

 fessor or his assistant. These advantages were received for 

 twenty guineas, paid by each pupil on his entrance. It also 

 shoiild not be omitted in this place to note, that, by the 

 liberality of the distinguished characters who composed the 

 medical committee, the pupils were admitted to their lec- 

 tures gratis, and this spirited example was afterwards 

 followed by several other professors of human medicine. 

 It would be inexcusable, also, if this description proceeded 

 without a tribute to that active promoter of every branch 

 of the healing art, Mr. J. Hunter. Veterinarians will ever 

 remember with gratitude how much they were indebted to 

 him for his zealous promotion of this establishment. The 

 country at large, in fact, fostered it as a rising plant ; in 

 proof of which, the British parliament annually voted a sum 

 for its support : and, as an inducement to young men of 

 education and respectability to become students, George 

 III. granted the rank of commissioned officers to such 

 veterinary surgeons as might be appointed to regiments. 

 Under such encouragement the increasing business of the 

 colleii;e soon required additional teachers. Mr. Sewell was 

 appointed assistant professor ; and, subsequently, Mr. 

 Morton has been added to the list of active and useful 

 instructors. 



Since the above was written Mr. Coleman has been 

 gathered to his fathers, and in this place we may now fairly 

 consider his title to the reputation he has enjoyed. His 

 eloquence in the lecture-room captivated the young gentle- 

 men w^ho were his listeners ; and the views which he 

 expounded, they, for the most part, zealously adopted : 

 nor was the experience of a life aiterward suflicient to dis- 

 enthral them from their infatuation. Coleman's fame also 

 reached far beyond the theatre or the school at the head of 

 which he presided. He made an ample fortune in conse- 

 quence of the public estimation in which he was held. No 

 man enjoyed so many offices, or w-as so servilely consulted 

 on every occasion. Though surrounded by men of un- 



