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having passed the necessary ordeal, and are calling them- 
selves Members of the Roy al College of Veterinary Surgeons: thus 
usurping to themselves the title of properly-constituted 
members of the body corporate to the great injury of the 
qualified veterinary- surgeon. Surely there ought to be some 
remedy for this? If half educated, and in some instances 
illiterate men, by virtue of spending some few months or 
perhaps weeks at the Veterinary College, are at liberty to 
style themselves M.R.C.V.S., why then the possession of a 
diploma is perfectly useless, or worse than useless, con- 
sidering the time, expense, and anxiety in its procuration. 
Trusting the Council will give this subject the consideration 
it deserves, 
I remain, Sir, 
Yours obediently, 
M.R.C.V. S. 
ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
Session 1852-53. 
At the Annual Examinations for Honours, held at the close 
of the past Session, the following gentlemen obtained prizes 
in the respective departments of the College education : — 
Anatomy , Physiology , ancl Pathology of the Horse . 
C. Spooner, Professor. 
Silver Medal .... Mr. T. Orme Dudfield. 
First Certificate of Merit . . „ W. D. Lines. 
Second „ „ . „ G. Poyser. 
Comparative Anatomy , Physiology , and Pathology of Cattle . 
J. B. Simones, Professor. 
Silver Medal . . . . Mr. T. Orme Dudfield. 
First Certificate of Merit . . „ VV. D. Lines. 
Second „ ,, „ John Sant. 
Chemistry and Materia Medica . 
W. J. T. Morton, Professor. 
First Prize , Certificate and In- 
struments .... Mr. T. Orme Dudfield. 
Certificates -of Merit, equal " 5oKn°SanV. 
To these, the usual honours of the College, another has 
