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tific gentleman of this town, who, possessing a powerful microscope, 
examined it, and stated that it was unquestionably an organized 
body, although it was too much decomposed to delineate. Upon 
inspecting one that had been steeped in spirit with an ordinary 
microscope, and upon raising, with the point of a penknife, what 
appeared to be the anterior part, an oval opening, having every 
appearance of a mouth, was distinctly discernible. I much regret 
that, until I discovered these bodies in the tendons, my attention 
was not — I own it with some shame — sufficiently excited to prompt 
me to an examination of them, otherwise the quantity contained in 
the poll would have afforded me abundance of specimens. It has 
been observed that “ life may be supposed to attach to the most 
simple form of organization and with respect to the various tis- 
sues and organs of the body in which parasitic animalcules may 
become located, what part can we presume to claim as inaccessible 
to their peculiar habitude and mode of existence I 
*** We have received the flexor tendon, and find it such as 
Mr. Vincent has described. Altogether, the case is singular and 
curious ; and we return Mr. V. our best thanks for so valuable a 
contribution to veterinary pathology. — E d. Vet. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian.” 
Sir, — I shall ask no excuse for intruding on your valuable time, 
believing myself to be, although not a veterinary surgeon, as enthu- 
siastic in the advancement of the profession as the gentleman who 
subscribed himself “ An Admirer of the Veterinary Art” in your 
last number. 
That the veterinary profession must depend upon its members 
for its advancement or otherwise there can be no doubt ; that it is 
necessary that they should be men connected with the literary 
world, I have some doubt; because a man fully employed in 
business has not much leisure time for writing : still, if there exists 
both capacity and time, so much the better, not only for himself, 
but the profession at large. I write only as I feel, and, if in error, 
trust I shall be pardoned. 
Your correspondent observes, that he believes it unnecessary for 
a man in business to be made acquainted with what he calls the 
inferior portion of the practical part of the profession. I may be 
