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chemistry and botany, veterinary jurisprudence, and the prin- 
ciples of surgery, with microscopic and comparative anatomy. 
It cannot be imagined that an educationless person can pre- 
tend to the study of such subjects as these, with a prospect 
of making any notable or useful progress in them, even 
supposing he be able to properly understand them. 
These, with some minor points, constitute the suggestions 
of the Professor bearing on reform in the various depart- 
ments he has taken into his consideration. One more — 
perhaps the most important — subject remains still untouched: 
we mean the existing relationship between the veterinary 
profession, since it has become a chartered body, and the 
Royal Veterinary College — in what respect such rela- 
tionship might be improved, and thereby rendered not only 
more congenial to the parties themselves, but more beneficial 
to the professional body at large, as one undivided whole. 
On this part of the inquiry, however, we shall reserve what 
we may have to say until next month. 
We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the sub- 
joined list of questions, which has just been issued and circu- 
lated by a Committee of the Epidemiological Society, formed 
for the purpose of investigating diseases of the epidemic class 
among domesticated animals. 
It will be seen that the Committee intends, and wisely, in 
our opinion, to commence its labours, by inquiring into the 
causes of the extension and fatality of the malady among 
cattle, familiarly known as pleuro-pneumonia. As the value 
of the information thus obtained must in a great measure 
depend on the number and nature of the answers returned, 
and as some of our readers, who may be willing to assist in 
this important inquiry, may not have received a copy of the 
questions hereunto annexed, we are enabled to state that 
lists will be immediately forwarded to them on application to 
either the chairman or the secretary, pro tem ., of the com- 
mittee. We will add, we look forward with much interest to 
the production of the report on this subject ; meanwhile, we 
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