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veterinary practice, or that could be useful to the student, was 
freely discussed there. I was satisfied with the beneficial result 
which it must necessarily have, and I warmly recommended it. 
Some offence, however, has been taken at the proceedings of 
this society, and I have had a list of names put into my hands, 
containing, I must confess, a great many highly respectable arid 
scientific practitioners, both in town and country, who have 
seceded from this society, and formed a new one (consisting of 
practitioners as well as students) under the name of the Vete- 
rinary Medical Association : so that we have now the old Lon- 
don Veterinary Medical Society, and the new Veterinary Me- 
dical Association. 
“ I confess that I had some doubts how these two societies could 
exist at the same time, connected with the Veterinary College, 
without occasional and unpleasant dissensions ; but I recollected 
that a similar occurrence took place in my earlier days. A great 
many practitioners felt offended with certain proceedings in a 
medical society, and seceded, and formed a new one — the Me- 
dico-Chirurgical. I was not a seceder, but I attached myself to 
the new society ; and they both continued to work on, without 
annoying each other — without any explosion of bad feeling — and 
they both were of essential service to the medical profession. 
“ I have thought a great deal of this matter ; and I have asked 
myself, why should not this take place with you, and thus good 
come out of evil ? You are all gentlemen. The commission of 
the cavalry-veterinary surgeon, which gives him admission not 
only to the table of the regimental mess, but of royalty itself, con- 
fers on you this title ; and why should you not act consistently 
with it? Although you belong to different societies, why should 
there be any ill-blood between you ? I have thought of this : I 
am patron of both societies — you are all my pupils — my chil- 
dren. Why should ill-feeling towards each other injure the 
cause of veterinary science ? I trust that it never will. But 
whatever be your conduct, my object will be the advancement 
of our common art.” 
The Professor then alluded to those who had particularly dis- 
tinguished themselves by their writings and discoveries con- 
nected with veterinary science ; and after having paid some well- 
merited compliments to Messrs. Bracy Clark, William Percivall, 
James Turner, Blaine, and Sewell, closed his lecture. 
On the following evening, Mr. Sewell commenced his course 
of lectures. He took a rapid view of the state and progress of 
the veterinary art, from the earliest period, and was anxious to 
give to every author and practitioner his due share of praise, 
with reference to the time in which he lived. If we were to 
