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of these calculi producing chronic inflammation of the bladder, 
and which inflammation had lately become acute, and caused 
the sloughing through of the coat. 
I cannot tell whether any calculi escaped with the urine, as 1 
had no suspicion of calculi when the animal was opened. 
The case is the more interesting to me, as, in this neighbour- 
hood, vesicular calculi are very rare amongst any of our patients. 
This was a three-year-old Hereford bullock, and had thriven 
very well since he had been at grass. 
Had not the medicine begun to produce its effects (though but 
imperfectly), on the 30th I should have operated on him, as all 
his symptoms were those of being gut-tied. He lay down a great 
deal every day. 
THE PROPER CHARACTER OF THE VETERINARY 
SURGEON. 
[The following letter has been in our possession nearly two months. 
We were charged not to lay it before the public ; but it is too 
full of good matter to be kept from them, and will be read 
with delight by every member of the veterinary profession. 
At some distant time we shall, perhaps, be permitted to divulge 
the name of the writer. It now stands high in estimation 
among us. — Y.] 
My dear Sir, — I read with feelings of much gratification 
the announcement of the intention of the Governors of the Vete- 
rinary College to establish a Professorship for Cattle Pathology, 
which will supply a deficiency that has long existed in this 
hitherto neglected branch of veterinary science. I trust that 
the appointment will devolve upon one who is by education pre- 
pared to combine the knowledge of comparative anatomy with 
the practical treatment of disease. The lectures will then be 
attended with deep interest by all, for few subjects can be more 
engaging to a reflective mind than to be acquainted with the dif- 
ferent structure of the animal frames, and the habits and instincts 
of each distinct species. To treat this extensive subject both 
scientifically and practically requires a comprehensive knowledge 
of the animal and vegetable kingdoms, and, consequently, a man 
of liberal education and cultivated mind, who by long and un- 
wearied perseverance in the various sciences connected with the 
animal economv would elevate the minds of the pupils above the 
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