420 THE VETERINARY SURGEON AND THE AGRICULTURIST. 
the changing forms of an endemic disease, will save many more 
cattle than he who has but one prescription for every disease that 
is brought before him. 
Very great improvement has taken place in the education of 
the veterinary surgeon. At Edinburgh, the truly talented lec- 
turer is wont to urge on his pupils the advantage that will be 
derived from lectures on agriculture and chemistry and natural 
philosophy, in addition to those which are obtained from the 
anatomy and physiology of the horse ; so, in the St. Pancras 
school, in addition to the anatomy and physiology and pathology 
of the horse, as expounded by Professor Spooner, are the func- 
tions and diseases of cattle, by Professor Simonds, and the che- 
mistry and agricultural science of Professor Morton. 
Then, I would urge it upon the young pupil to make himself 
acquainted with the chemistry of agriculture, the history and 
growth and character of plants, and the different processes by 
which they are brought to maturity. I would have him study 
the history and character and management of the different breeds 
of cattle — having also in reserve the anatomy and diseases and 
management of all our domestic animals. I would have him be 
perfectly acquainted with these things, and he would gradually 
regain the esteem and confidence of the agriculturist, and be his 
chosen friend and adviser. This is the course which he should 
pursue, and thus he will be rewarded in its pursuit. 
It is scarcely possible to conceive of two persons who are, or 
ought to be, more perfectly identified in pursuit and in interest 
than the agricultural man and the veterinary surgeon. That was 
an unfortunate day which so widely separated them, and induced 
the former to trust to recipes, which, in very few cases, were 
perfectly applicable to the state of the case, which could not 
change with the changing characters of the disease, and which 
were often absurd and injurious. 
The agricultural societies, which are now so rapidly and widely 
spreading through the country, may speedily, and doubtless 
will, bring once more together those who ought never to have 
been separated. There may be, at first, some coldness, or even 
alienation ; but this will soon pass away, and not only a cordial 
feeling will be elicited, but the aid which each derives from 
the other, and the mutual confidence that will be produced, will 
be speedily felt and heartily cherished. Y. 
