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them admission ? I apprehend the schools can do well enough 
without the Charter, — much better than the Charter can do with- 
out them. Where else than from the schools must the funds come 
from ] for the Charter does not seem so highly prized as to call 
forth from the body politic that pecuniary aid of which the Coun- 
cil seems so much in need. Instead of being the much-vaunted 
boon, by conferring rights, privileges, and immunities, it seems 
to have disgusted the profession, from which, as could but be ex- 
pected, the Council receives apathetic indifference in return. 
With regard to the “ Register” as a security to the Incorpora- 
tion, it seems to me much of the same value as the graven image 
which is being set up. If the Registry is so valuable, how is it 
that, after some years’ existence as a corporate body, no public 
accredited list of members has been published by the Registrar 
General ? The members of the profession must care little about 
the matter not to make that functionary aware of their existence 
and locality ; or, if they have given him the required information, 
he must have been remiss in not publishing the list referred to. 
In short, Sir, I believe, along with most others, that the pro- 
fession has yet to be convinced of any value the Charter may 
possess in conferring rights, privileges, or immunities. The Pub- 
lic is the arbiter which will decide whether a man will fail or suc- 
ceed in professional life. A man may go forth to the world a 
thoroughly able and scientific practitioner, without being a mem- 
ber of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and his claims 
for public support will not rest on the decision of that body. If 
he does not possess the needful scientific and practical qualifica- 
tions, he will assuredly fail, although a member of the body poli- 
tic and corporate; and not even their diploma, or registration, and 
much less their graven image, will render him any assistance. 
I am, Mr. Editor, 
Your most obedient humble servant. 
George Street, Edinburgh, 
17 April, 1848. 
N EUROTOM Y. 
By J. G. Webb. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, — HAVING had frequent opportunities of witnessing the 
effect of neurotom}' on horses, the following results may not be 
unacceptable to some of your veterinary readers. 
