THE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 1 , 1837 . 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — C icero. 
We acknowledge, with satisfaction and with gratitude, the 
letters of several of our brethren on the subject of the proper 
constitution of a veterinary examining committee, and we hesi- 
tate not, at their request, to state our views, or rather to con- 
dense the sketches which they have given, of that which ought 
to be the character of our national school. This is not the 
time to open any question that can lead to angry discussion. 
The last year has taught us the value of union, and has con- 
tributed more than any preceding one to advance the improve- 
ment and to raise the character of the veterinary profession ; but 
to every proposition in the short statement which we append, he 
who loves the art that he professes will yield his cordial assent, 
and golden opinions would they buy from all classes among us, 
who, having the power thus to contribute to our weal, exerted 
themselves in effecting that which would be as honourable to 
themselves as gratifying to every practitioner : — 
1. The bona fide working out of the original plan and promise 
of the Institution — the instruction of the pupil in the Anatomy, 
Physiology, and Diseases of every animal that is likely to come 
under his care. 
2. Within the walls of the College, and where alone the 
student can to any good purpose obtain such knowledge, lec- 
tures on Chemistry, Pharmacy, Materia Medica, Botany, the 
general principles of Agriculture, and other auxiliary sciences, 
and with an especial view to their application to the practice of 
the veterinary art . 
3. In addition to the occasional remarks which may be elicited 
in the morning round through the hospital, a regular clinical 
lecture, in the theatre of the College, on every unusual or im- 
portant case. 
4. A strict post-mortem examination, in the presence of the 
whole class, of every animal that dies in the College Infirmary. 
