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few and far between ; and, as to cattle, nothing of sterling value 
was taught. ,, He maintained that it would be far more profitable 
for him to go into practice than to waste his time and his money 
at the College. I did not quite believe all that he said ; but I 
could not deny that much had wanted altering at head-quarters 
with regard to certain species of instruction, although of late, and 
to a material extent, considerable improvement had taken place. 
Another year must not, cannot pass over, without a thorough 
change in the instruction communicated to and the general 
advantages possessed by the pupils at the Veterinary College. 
Circumstances like this will also deserve the attentive consi- 
deration of the Committee of Veterinary Surgeons, to whom the 
profession has entrusted its honour and welfare. While that 
Committee will demand that no one shall be recognized as a 
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member of the profession who has not given proof of his previous 
diligent study, it will endeavour to remove the obstacles which 
fearfully impede the progress of those who would honestly devote 
themselves to the practice of their art. The course to be pur- 
sued is sufficiently plain, and the advocates of the cause of vete- 
rinary science can scarcely fail of ultimate success. 
Y. 
REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — Hor. 
An Experimental Essay on the Relative and Medicinal Properties 
of Iodine and its Compounds; being the Harveian Prize 
Dissertation for 1837. By Charles Cogswell, A.B., 
M.D., &c. — Black, Edinburgh, 1837. 
The happy results which have in many cases followed the em- 
ployment of iodine in human medicine have led to its introduction 
into veterinary, and so far as trial of it, as a remedial agent, has 
been made, we have every reason to be pleased with such an ad- 
dition to our pharmaceutical catalogue. Few subjects require 
more patient investigation and attention, and, after all, are more 
