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nevertheless, he has kept on the “ even tenour of his way/’ 
and, “amid evil and good report,” still commands our 
respect. Now there is an opportunity afforded us publicly 
to show that we can and do appreciate his services, and let 
it be done in a spirit worthy both of ourselves and him, 
conferring 4 honour on whom honour is due.’ 
ELECTION OE JAMES TURNER, ESQ., AS PRESIDENT OF 
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
At the meeting of the Council of the College, held on the 
13th ult., for the election of officers for the current year, Mr. 
James Turner was unanimously elected President. The 
cordiality of feeling that accompanied the performance of the 
act could not fail to impress the minds of many that it was 
one which long since ought to have been performed; while 
the unanimity of the election gave proof of the soundness of 
the selection made, and the worth of the man. It w r as well re- 
marked by his proposer, that the name of Turner will for ever 
be associated with the veterinary profession, from his having 
discovered the navicular disease. Others may have seen it 
before him, but they had not investigated it, nor given pub- 
licity to it. Besides w^hich, other contributions have been 
made by him to the science of medicine. 
An interesting coincidence was mentioned by Mr. Turner, 
in his acceptance of office. It was, he said, on that day 
forty-six years that the late Professor Coleman gave him a 
commission in the army as veterinary surgeon, and he pro- 
ceeded at once to do military duty at the Croydon Barracks, 
from which time to the present he had been actively engaged 
in his professional avocation ; being from very early life de- 
sirous of administering to the relief of sick and lame horses, 
in which he had always experienced the greatest delight. 
May he long live to enjoy his w^ell-merited honours, even 
to their repetition. 
“ Palma non sine pukere. : 
