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as a student — no doubt attracted by the reputation of that 
veterinary school, and its distinguished founder, Professor 
Dick. After attending two sessions at the College, he ob- 
tained his diploma, having been the most distinguished 
student of the course. The following session he acted as 
demonstrator, and, in 1845, was appointed Assistant-Professor 
and Lecturer on ‘Zootomy — including the anatomy and phy- 
siology of the domesticated animals. 
“'Since then, his career has been successful and distinguished. 
He early saw that the veterinary art had not acquired in this 
country that honorable position to which it is entitled. He 
felt, and justly felt, that little had been done to educate and 
enlighten the public mind as to the relation in which the 
teaching of veterinary science stood, to the alleviation of the 
sufferings of the domesticated animals, — sufferings more or 
less the result of man’s ignorance and man’s cupidity. He 
knew that in France, and in several of the German States, a 
more correct appreciation of the veterinary art had long 
existed, and that, consequently, institutions for the dissemi- 
nation of veterinary knowledge were liberally supported by 
the respective governments ; while in this country, although 
possessing the most highly improved breeds of all the domes- 
ticated animals, no national provision had hitherto been made 
for the teaching of the veterinary art. This, however, only 
stimulated the zeal with which he sought to advance to its due 
position an art which is alike intimately associated with the 
interests and feelings of civilized humanity. He knew that 
the dissemination of knowledge in reference to the structural 
formation and physiology of the domesticated animals was 
a noble calling, and he humbly endeavoured to advance that 
knowledge. Too enlightened, active, and untiring, to rest 
satisfied with the results of the past, he zealously endeavoured 
to extend his knowledge of those sciences bearing on the 
veterinary art. When the daily labour of teaching was 
finished, he began the prosecution of his own studies. No 
investigation bearing on physiology was too irksome to com- 
mand his careful study. He directed to the pursuit the whole 
powers of a cultivated, discerning, and energetic mind. En- 
thusiastic in his profession, he infused the spirit of emulation 
and desire for improvement into his pupils, by whom his loss 
is deeply felt. 
“For several years Mr. Barlow has been engaged in a work 
upon the 6 Anatomy of the Horse,’ and the amount of labour 
he undertook in carrying out investigations bearing on struc- 
tural formation, made him, in an eminent degree, an accom- 
plished microscopist. His career has closed before the 
