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CATTLE PATHOLOGY. 
Letter from Mr. HENDERSON, London. 
Gentlemen, — I OBSERVE in your last number a report copied from 
the Mark Lane Express, tendered by Professor Sewell to the 
Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, of the num- 
ber of pupils instructed at the College in a knowledge of the 
diseases peculiar to cattle, sheep, &c. agreeably with the intentions 
of the society. 
I can imagine the intention of the society to be very different to 
the facts laid out by the Professor, inasmuch as it is well known 
that there never has been the opportunity afforded the pupils of 
that establishment of obtaining a practical knowledge of the treat- 
ment of the diseases of cattle, or operations incidentally necessary 
to this class; for it is a well known fact, and one admitted by Mr. 
Simonds, that animals under that denomination are scarcely if 
ever seen within the walls of the College. This fact may be more 
the Professors’ misfortune than their fault; still I do think that, with 
a portion of the liberality of the society alluded to in the report, 
much more might be done than a few mere demonstrations over a 
dead carcass. Something is said about a cattle infirmary at Isling- 
ton. Now I would take the liberty of suggesting to the gentlemen 
forming the Council of the Agricultural Society, to request the 
Professor to produce a statement, in his next report, of the number 
and names of the pupils who have received practical instruction at 
that institution ; also of the number of diseased cattle, sheep, hogs, 
& c. admitted into the Veterinary College during the last two years. 
In doing this I feel assured the result will prove to those gentlemen 
that more is required of them to obtain so laudable an object than 
the mere advance of pecuniary aid. Why could not a portion of 
this donation go towards procuring diseased subjects for investiga- 
tion : surely the suburbs of this vast metropolis would afford a great 
variety were they sought after by any efficient officer of the College 
employed for that purpose. 
I can readily imagine that proprietors of valuable stock would 
feel reluctant to trust them to persons not famous by repute in the 
successful treatment of cattle diseases ; nor can the Professor ex- 
pect, or the Agricultural Society find, that this most desirable 
object will be obtained until a more effectual method of teaching 
be adopted than the mere course of lectures. In a journey through 
some of the western counties this summer, I have had the oppor- 
tunity of conversing with a number of respectable farmers, and 
