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court of inquiry before whom I could have defended myself, 
although I applied for the same, and my application was 
supported by Colonel Shirreff of the Artillery, and the Major- 
General commanding the division. I was refused even an 
explanation, and my case is now gone to England for the 
orders of the Court of Directors, without giving me a court- 
martial, court of inquiry, or court of any description, which 
the commonest felon is entitled to, and receives before he is 
condemned. Yet my case is gone home on the ipse dixit of 
one Veterinary Surgeon, without having given me a court, or 
tribunal of any description, before whom 1 could have 
defended myself. Now, let the Veterinary Surgeons of the 
Indian Army see by my case how they would be positioned 
if they were to be placed under the control and mercy of one 
Veterinary Surgeon as a superintendent; as such a function- 
ary would not be to us, as a superintendent-surgeon is to 
our brothers of the sister art, as they (men of human medi- 
cine), should they think themselves wronged by such an 
individual, can refer to a higher authority, namely, the 
Medical Board ; but that body would have less to do with us 
in the event of our having a superintendent of our own pro- 
fession than they have even now ! 
I shall return to this subject, as well as my case, which, no 
doubt, will be considered an extraordinary one, when I know 
the decision of the Court of Directors ; until then it might 
not be safe to say more. Trusting you will give an early inser- 
tion to this, 
Allow me to be, dear sir, 
Yours faithfully, 
Jno. Cullimore, V.S., 
D.D. Horse Brigade Artillery. 
Bangalore ; 18 th March , 1854 . 
P.S. — I hope this will meet the eyes of the Council and 
Board of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and that 
they will state whether they allow empirics, out of the insti- 
tution, upon the world, to kill instead of cure ; and if they 
consider a man who had £100 per annum as an assistant, 
was once three years in the College, obtained his diploma, and 
has had now nearly six years of army practice, — -if, I say, they 
consider it likely such a man could be an empiric or not. 
