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many valuable specimens of disease, accompanied by the 
history of the cases in which they occurred, and these have 
been made available for the information of the pupils by the 
demonstrations and explanations of the professor of cattle 
pathology, in addition to his other instructions. The gover- 
nors desire to give encouragement to this means of making 
the education of the pupil as practical as possible, because, 
from circumstances which would appear to be irremediable, 
few cattle are admitted as patients at the College. It is a 
matter of regret to the governors that no measure which has 
been tried by them, in conjunction with the society, has 
availed to bring to the College Infirmary a sufficient number 
of oxen, sheep, or pigs, when the subjects of disease. Even 
the merely nominal scale of charges which was adopted a few 
years since for medical attendance, operations, keep, &c., of 
such animals, has failed in effecting this most desirable 
object; and the governors are at a loss to know what more 
can be done to remove the apathy which exists in the agri- 
cultural body with reference to this important means of 
imparting practical information to the pupils. By thus again 
directing the attention of the council to the subject, the 
governors would hope that some good may be done. 
“ Pupils. — The number of pupils which have been ad- 
mitted to the College is somewhat greater than before, and, 
as previously stated, they have been most regular in their 
attendance, and will, after receiving instructions for two 
sessional years, be eligible for examination by the court of 
examiners, under the provisions of the Charter granted to the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. It may, perhaps, be 
necessary to direct the attention of agriculturists to the fact, 
that very many persons who call themselves veterinary sur- 
geons, and are practising in various parts of the country, 
have not received the diploma of the College, nor, indeed, 
have attended any lectures on veterinary science ; while others 
have entered as pupils, remained only a short time, and then 
gone into the country to practise with but an imperfect 
knowledge of the principles of the healing art. 
“ Practice of the College. — Although but few cattle 
have been admitted as patients, yet some very interesting 
and unusual cases have found their way into the infirmary; 
and notwithstanding it has not been customary to par- 
ticularise these, in consequence of thereby unnecessarily in- 
creasing the length of the annual report, still the governors 
are desirous of adverting to one of almost unique character, 
namely, an affection of the base of the brain in a heifer be- 
longing to Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. The symptoms in 
