VETERINARY APPRENTICESHIP ADVOCATED. 
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gument, that one solitary year of instruction to the pupil who is 
intended for a general practitioner (which the majority are) is in- 
adequate to obtain sufficient practical knowledge before entering 
either of the veterinary colleges, at least so far as the London one 
is concerned — probably they (the Professors) have a happier 
knack of managing things in the North — I will briefly mention 
two or three important diseases that cows are subject to at the 
time and after calving, likewise a disease or two that calves fall 
victims to. First; The cow, of course, is liable to distressing 
acts of parturition, the same as the mare — to hysteritis — to in- 
flamed udder — to a retention of the placenta — to that strange 
malady, puerperal fever — and to inversion of the uterus. The 
former disease, to be cured, must be treated with a great deal of 
skill and judgment, and time alone will qualify the practitioner 
for the same ; the latter, inversion of the uterus, will require the 
hands to be called into action as well as the head. A knowledge 
and method of returning the womb are not to be obtained in a short 
time. Secondly ; When the calf is a few days old, it is often at- 
tacked with diarrhoea or scouring, which if not checked ends in 
dysentery and death. From three months old to two years it is 
very subject to that pest called murrain, or black-leg; and when 
three or four months old, to the hoose or husk, which proves a 
troublesome affair. I think that the diseases of neat cattle gene- 
rally should be understood by pupils before entering the colleges. 
And now, gentlemen, after perusing these recorded facts, I hope 
you will think with me, and the Council too, that one year’s ap- 
prenticeship should not be conceded to the veterinary pupil ; but 
that, at least, two years’ apprenticeship or instruction should be 
adhered to in the by-laws of the Council : if not, I anticipate that 
many certificated practitioners will not reflect lustre on the institu- 
tion whence they emanated. 
I am, 
Gentlemen, 
Your’s respectfully. 
Nov. 18th, 1846. 
AN OMISSION IN THE APPRENTICESHIP BY-LAW, 
WITH A SUGGESTION FOR ITS AMENDMENT. 
By Wm. Clements, Liverpool. 
In perusing your Journal of last month, I find it contains two 
communications upon the subject of the apprenticeship clause in 
“ the by-laws” of the chartered body. I am glad to see this, for 
it shews that, at least, there are some in the profession who take 
an interest in the Council. I should consider I was taking too 
