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THE ST. PA NORAS SCHOOL. 
We have since received another and interesting report of the 
proceedings of the Veterinary Medical Association on the 13th of 
November, of which we will give a short account. 
The report of the last session was highly satisfactory, and ex- 
hibited a flourishing state of finance and affairs. 
A silver medal was presented to Mr. T. K. Lord, for his Essay 
on the “ Anatomy of the Fauces, and the Physiology of the Voice 
and Deglutition;” and certificates of merit to Mr. A. Lepper, for 
an Essay on Hepatitis ; and Mr. H. Emms, for an Essay on Open 
Joints. 
The Annual Oration was read by Mr. Simonds, and was un- 
usually interesting, from the able dissertation which it embraced on 
the History of Bovine Epizootics to the present time. Among the 
more distinguished of the senior members of the profession who 
were present on that evening were Messrs. Field, Turner, and 
Youatt. Mr. Turner urged on the junior members the necessity 
of cultivating practical pathology, and pointed out the benefilsthat 
must arise to the profession by the prosecution of such pursuits by 
the junior members. 
This meeting was rendered peculiarly interesting, by being the 
first that had been held since the grant of a charter to the veteri- 
nary profession. Mr. Erasmus Wilson trusted that the possession 
of that charter would be a main cause of the improvement of the 
profession, and the diffusion of veterinary science throughout 
every part of her Majesty’s empire. 
The Council would, doubtless, do their utmost to facilitate the ad- 
mission of truly qualified practitioners into the profession. They 
would hold out the most powerful inducements and rewards for im- 
provement. By these means they would elevate their own position, 
and displace the ignorant and contemptible quacks that shew them- 
selves so numerously in every part of the country. You, gentle- 
men, said he, will hold the power which the charter now gives you 
as trustees of the honour and interests of your profession. The prin- 
ciples of justice and of honour will ever distinguish the Council of 
the veterinary profession. W. 
