RULES AND REGULATIONS 
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object to any portion of his historical detail, it would be to the 
credit which he seemed inclined to give to those monopolizers of 
every discovery, but with whom every invention has strangely 
stopped at the first step, the Chinese — with whom no age has 
dared to add to the knowledge of that which went before, and, a 
thousand years nearly before whose certain existence as a nation, 
we read of the horse, and its beauty, and its uses, and its treat- 
ment. 
His account of the science in modern times was correct ; and 
there was, to a far greater degree than we had wrongly antici- 
pated, a spirit of justice and of liberality which will best become 
the situation which he fills and the institution to which he 
belongs. 
At the close of his lecture the Veterinary Medical Association 
held its first meeting. Their former assembly was that of friends 
and zealous veterinarians, in order to consider the possibility and 
the advantage of forming such an Association. 
The Sub-Committee reported the result of their deliberations, 
and presented a series of Rules and Regulations, which, with a 
few alterations, were adopted by the Association. The following 
is, we believe, a nearly correct copy of them : — 
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE VETERINARY 
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INSTITUTED A.D. 1836. 
“ Vis unita fortior ” 
1. The objects of the Association are the advancement and diffusion of 
veterinary knowledge. 
2. The means of obtaining these are twofold: — 
I. The meeting together of persons connected with veterinary science, 
for the discussion of proposed subjects. 
II. The formation of a library of reference and circulation. 
3. For this purpose, the Association shall consist of four distinctions of 
persons; viz. Members, Fellows, Honorary Fellows, and Honorary Asso- 
ciates. 
MEMBERS. 
4. Members of the Association shall be restricted to those who are or 
have been students of or connected with some public veterinary school ; 
and each Member at his election shall pay the sum of One Guinea. 
5. A candidate for admission must be recommended in letter signed by 
three Members, and in the following form : — 
W e, the undersigned , recommend Mr as a proper person to become 
a Member of the Veterinary Medical Association. 
6. The recommendation, .being presented to the Secretary, shall be read 
by him, and suspended in the Theatre until the next night of meeting, 
when the ballot shall take place, five members constituting a quorum. 
7. If five, and fewer than ten Members are present, two black balls shall 
