104 A REPLY TO MR. CARTWRIGHTS LETTER. 
“ astounding fact,” that “ the Governors were perfectly satisfied 
with the present lecturers, and that they would not appoint another 
lecturer on cattle practice.” Mr. Cartwright here tells the truth ; 
and he could, if he had pleased, also have informed the public, that 
when the Professor made known this “ astounding fact,” it was re- 
ceived by the pupils with considerable applause. 
He then proceeds to ask, “ Why is there such a demonstrator 
at the College 1” And here I must accuse him of a want of cha- 
rity, and of assuming the character of a modern Iago, who, while 
he assumes the appearance of friendship, is at the same moment 
traducing and endeavouring to blacken the character. 
Mr. Barth received his appointment as Demonstrator of Anatomy 
during Mr. Cartwright’s pupillage ; and being a young man, and 
also having been a pupil with many of the pupils then at the Col- 
lege, felt the delicacy of his situation, which is natural to any be- 
ginner. The only failing (if such it may be called) I observed in 
Mr. Barth proceeded from a want of confidence ; and let me ask 
any man commencing his career as teacher in a school of anatomy, 
where there may be from sixty to seventy students, whether he 
would not feel as Mr. Barth did? You, Sir, from your experience 
as a lecturer, must be aware that confidence, and the volubility of 
language required by a teacher, especially in a science so abound- 
ing with technicalities, are only acquired by practice, and, at the 
commencement, a considerate feeling on the part of the auditors. 
Mr. Cartwright then states that Mr. Barth is not a good ana- 
tomist ! 
“ O ! learned judge ! — mark, Jew — O learned judge 1” 
This 1 deny ; and my assertion will be borne out by the whole of 
my fellow-students ; and I feel pride in having it in my power 
to pay tribute to Mr. Barth’s well-known quiet and gentlemanly 
character. But Mr. Cartwright considers “ a good demonstrator 
is of the greatest importance and value so be it ; but this gentle- 
man would require a man of more than extraordinary talent. Does 
he recollect, when dissecting the eye of a pig, making a discovery 
of a development or radiation of the muscular structure, which en- 
abled it to see the wind ! I certainly was not in the dissecting- 
room at the time, but am informed by those who were that such 
was the fact, and that Mr. Barth did enjoy a hearty laugh with 
the students present at Mr. Cartwright’s expense. Here, Mr. Edi- 
tor, I think I have arrived at the cause of antipathy to the Demon- 
strator. 
Mr. Cartwright then proceeds to state, that the demonstrations 
sometimes occupied only ten minutes. I certainly attended de- 
monstrations regularly last session, and never found such to be the 
