68 ENCYSTED TUMOUR AT THE BASE OF THE TONGUE. 
be admitted inside the walls of our Institution. Now, as to our 
seeking for a Charter, what will be the resulting good, say we 
obtain it, without restrictions on the empiric ? Let the law be ever 
so stringent, quackery will still continue. “ I do not see,” says 
Mr. Bickford, “ that his charter is a safeguard to the surgeon, 
neither will it be with us : our best charter or safeguard will be 
the diffusion of right principles, which will ultimately triumph, 
and be the death-blow to the ignorant pretender. What was the 
position of the human surgeon only a hundred years ago ? Much 
worse than the position in which we stand. It is not only neces- 
sary that we ourselves should possess, but it is also requisite 
that our employers should be initiated into the principles of sci- 
ence ; for in proportion as the persons by whom we are employed 
acquire knowledge, in the same ratio is the empiric discarded. 
Such I have found to be the case, and I only wish that a ne- 
cessary sum could be raised to purchase an experimental farm for 
the College ; and, instead of wasting our money fora Charter, that 
same to be appropriated to the purchase of a few acres of land. 
I do not wish to be considered arrogant ; but should the governors 
ever determine on such a plan, 1 would, myself, subscribe to- 
wards its fulfilment the sum of £50, to be paid to the proper 
authorities, for the completion of such a design. 
It is my determination, to the best of my knowledge, from 
time to time, to speak of diseases as they occur under atmo- 
spherical circumstances, which so much influence the component 
parts of our produce and the productions of our soil, in accordance 
with the site, clime, and soil, from which they germinate. 
CASE OF ENCYSTED TUMOUR AT THE BASE OF 
THE TONGUE IN THE HORSE, FALLING INTO 
THE R1MA GLOTTIDIS, AND PRODUCING FITS OF 
PARTIAL ASPHYXIA, CURED BY AN OPERATION. 
By Professor Dick. 
A ba y horse was purchased by Mr. H. Reid, farmer, Haining, 
near Polmont, Stirlingshire, at Mid Calder fair, in 1841, for thirty 
guineas ; and shortly after coming into his possession he was ob- 
served to cough, which gradually increased till it became very 
severe and harassing, but without any constitutional disturbance, 
or any apparently severe local derangement in the organs of respi- 
ration. 
About eight months ago, when going in the plough, he was 
