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Society of England have no reason to fear that their objects will 
be frustrated by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons ; but, on the contrary, every thing will be done by them 
(the latter) to make the education and examination of the vete- 
rinary student what it ought to have been long since. And we 
think they (the former) will resolve not to interfere with the 
operations of men who are deeply interested in the welfare of 
veterinary science, and are fully capable of carrying out every 
power conferred upon them by their Charter. 
Edinburgh Veterinary College. 
To the Editor of “ The Mark Lane Express ' ’ 
Sir, — I n your paper of the 2d inst., in the article headed “ The 
Royal Veterinary College,” a correspondent is pleased to make 
the following gratuitous statement in reference to the Edinburgh 
Veterinary College : — “ At the examinations of the pupils of the 
Edinburgh Veterinary College last year, we are informed that 
scarcely any questions relating to chemistry , materia medica, and 
cattle pathology , were put to the pupils ; this year they were strictly 
examined on all these subjects, and the examinations are reported 
to have been very satisfactory.” 
To the first part of this assertion I beg to give a most unqualified 
contradiction ; for not only were the pupils as rigidly and as ex- 
tensively examined last year in all the branches which are above 
specified as they were in the recent examinations, but in former 
years they were similarly examined in all these departments, and 
that by a board of examiners, if not better, certainly, at least, as 
well qualified to do so, as those gentlemen who were selected to 
conduct the examination held in April last. 
I have been an examiner at the Edinburgh Veterinary College 
for the last five years, and also have had the honour of being ap- 
pointed on the Edinburgh board of examiners by the Council of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ever since they ob- 
tained their charter. I have, therefore, had every opportunity 
afforded me, both before as well as at the periods of examinations 
referred to by your correspondent, of observing how these have been 
conducted ; and had the statements above quoted not contained so 
pointed a signification, as singling out the Edinburgh Veterinary 
College, for the obvious purpose of holding out to the members of 
the veterinary profession and the public at large that its curricu- 
lum of study was imperfect, and that the examinations there were 
conducted in a superficial and easy manner, I should not have 
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