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strated, and when Mr. Barth ought to have done so; and that daring 
the other part of the session, and when Mr. Spooner was too much 
occupied by other duties to be able to continue his demonstrations 
any longer, he, Mr. Barth, was left entirely alone ; and the character 
I have given of Mr. Barth’s demonstrations is perfectly true. 
Oh, shame, where is thy blush ? 
As to the public notice respecting operations not being neces- 
sary, on account of Mr. Spooner informing the students on his 
round, I acknowledge it was his practice, as I have stated in my 
last letter ; yet I can hardly think that this was the proper time, 
for it is well known that many might not and did not hear of it, 
being occasionally engaged in the dissecting-room, and not accom- 
panying him in his round. Nor indeed was it necessary to do this 
every day, as there is often nothing worth going round for, espe- 
cially to those that had seen much practice. I, at the same time, 
unequivocally and respectfully acknowledge, that to the junior 
pupils many valuable clinical remarks were daily made by him. 
The proper time for the announcement, I think, would have been 
immediately after a lecture, or it should have been posted in the 
theatre or dissecting-room. 
Thus, Mr. Editor, have I gone through the subject, and I see 
no reason to alter one iota of any thing I said in my last letter : 
and now, Mr. Fisher, I leave you to your open and disgusting court- 
ship of Mr. Sewell on every opportunity. Your occasional invi- 
tations to his board, whence many better men are excluded — your 
visits with him to Flight’s dairy — your neglect of every thing that 
is worthy of pursuit — your eager devotion to every thing that is 
mean and wrong ; — “ thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, fare- 
well !” 
Since the above was written, I have received several letters 
(with the author’s signatures attached) from veterinary students, 
from which I shall make the following extracts in confirmation of 
my statements : — 
“ As it regards your paper in The Veterinarian, I do not 
entertain a single doubt that you did it with a heartfelt desire 
that it should be of service to the present and future students ; and 
I can assure you, that it is by nineteen out of every twenty of the 
students whisperingly said, there is not one word in it that is not 
pure truth. That is the sentiment of the great majority of the stu- 
dents ; nor have I met one that flatly denies its correctness. 
“Mr. Fisher I do not associate with, nor has he been a favourite 
of mine since the first time I met with him. We were astonished 
to find that he had taken up the subject, as we considered he was 
the last person that should have done so. 
