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assert that the remedies, being of a depletive character, failed to be 
of much value. Cure rather than prevention of epizootic maladies 
was then the order of the day. The scheme laid down failing to be 
of that advantage which it was earnestly hoped it might be, despite 
all the anxious endeavours of the College authorities to effect its 
success, was after further trial abandoned. On November 3, 1841, 
the Council, on the motion of Mr. Shaw, resolved that unless further 
improvements could be effected, the grant to the College should be 
discontinued at the end of the current half year. 
The problem now to be solved was — What more could be done 1 
Mr. Youatt was urged to take the position of a lecturer, but declined ; 
but he ceased not by word of mouth, and month by month in the 
pages of the Veterinarian, to keep the appointment of a special 
teacher before the College authorities and the agricultural com- 
munity. This end was effected in 1842, by the appointment of 
Professor Simonds. 
British Husbandry, exhibiting the farming practice in various 
parts of the United Kingdom, was issued in 1834 in two volumes. 
Although published under the superintendence of the Society for 
Diffusing Useful Knowledge, no author’s name is given, but from 
the general style of writing and occasional references to horses 
and cattle, it is only natural to infer that Mr. Youatt aided in its 
publication. 
One of his least-known works was Humanity to Brutes, pub- 
lished in January, 1839, and dedicated to his friends Professors Dick 
and Stewart, Messrs. Ainslie, Apperley (Nimrod), Brown, Carlisle, 
Cartwright, Corbet, Daws, Karkeek, King, May, T. Mayer, junr., 
Morton, Percivall, Pritchard, Simonds, C. Spooner, W. C. Spooner, 
St. Clair, Storry, and J. Tombs. It was written on a bed of sickness, 
and Mrs. Blachford, 1 a great worker in the cause of humanity, is 
specially alluded to, as having suggested the publication ; also his 
daughter, Mary Ann, who acted as amanuensis. This really was 
the outcome of an essay “ On the Obligations and Extent of 
Humanity to Brutes,” principally considered with reference to the 
domesticated animals, written in 1839 for and rejected by the Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to which he was veterinary 
surgeon. It contains several chapters on the obligation and duty 
of humanity to animals, its application, and on the usefulness and 
good qualities of the inferior animals. There is also a short paper on 
the dissection of living animals (1 vivisection), which he strongly 
deprecated, and on the study of natural history and the future state 
1 The following anecdote in connection with Mrs. Blachford is related by 
Professor Simonds. Mr. Green, an aeronaut of past celebrity, had made 
several ascents on a pony which received some injuries. Mrs. Blachford, 
hearing of this, took steps to purchase the pony and prevent a repetition of 
the cruelty. The pony was placed under Professor Simonds for treatment. 
Although it partially recovered it remained lame and enfeebled, and so much 
so that it was resolved to kill the animal, and as a memento its skeleton was 
prepared and presented by Professor Simonds with many anatomical and 
pathological preparations to the Royal Veterinary College in 1842. 
