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become of this money 1 £100 is received by Mr. Sewell, but, so 
far as we have ever heard, not one halfpenny by Mr. Spooner, and 
no prizes are awarded to the students. These are circumstances 
that ought to be inquired into. 
We return to the diseases of cattle, and we select the occurrences 
of the last year, because that having just passed away, any erroneous 
or false statement may be easily detected. That scholastic year 
witnessed the delivery of only three whole lectures on the diseases 
of cattle pathology, by. the Professor of that department. It is 
true that there were a few slight and unsatisfactory glances at the 
diseases of sheep and cattle, rarely exceeding more than five 
minutes, when the lecture on the horse was completed. Was this 
keeping faith with the Governors, the Society, the profession, the 
students, or the public? Was this sufficient to render the pupil 
competent to undertake the treatment of the diseases of cattle, sheep, 
and swine 1 It is a simple question, and easily answered. But, 
says the Professor, when pressed on this point, “ our Institution has 
been so long devoted to the treatment of the horse, that it was dif- 
ficult or impossible to persuade people that we knew any thing about 
cattle, and there were none sent to the infirmary. This, however, 
would in process of time cure itself. Mr. Cartwright confirms the fact, 
that not a cow or a sheep was sent there for medical treatment dur- 
ing the last session ; and that all that were bought for the purpose 
of experiment died. In fact, patients will never be sent to that In- 
stitution until it is well known that there are persons at the Insti- 
tution competent to treat the diseases of cattle, and to instruct the 
pupil in that branch of veterinary science. A few casual visits to 
one or two of the dairy establishments under the wing of the super- 
intendent of the yard will go but a little way towards the acquire- 
ment of a competent knowledge of cattle practice. The artificial 
management of a London dairy, and the diseases which are preva- 
lent in a country farm, are as different as it is possible to imagine. 
Many useful illustrations may be obtained from the metropolitan 
yards; but he who is qualified to instruct the pupil and establish 
the reputation of the College must have been born and bred among 
cattle, and have all the instructions which he communicates based 
on the sure foundation of extensive and long experience. 
“ Where,” it has been asked, “ is such a man to be found V’ 
