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ful and pleasing essays from him in The VETERINARIAN ; but 
they must be less positive, and less caustic. 
We are now writing on the evening of the 17th, when the far 
greater part of our Number ought to be in the hands of the printer. 
Leaving to Mr. Stewart the privilege of a reply, we really think 
that this subject should be dropped. In the opinion and the prac- 
tice of the southern veterinarians, while a ball is generally adopted 
as most convenient to carry and to give, there is no hesitation in 
administering a drench when there are circumstances about the 
case which seem to require it ; and there certainly is not the danger 
which Professor Stewart imagines in administering a drench to our 
southern horses. Y. 
THE DIPLOMA OF THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY 
SCHOOL. 
The following is extracted from a communication received from 
Professor Dick. 
“ In answer to * A Highland Farmer,’ I beg to state, that 
students who have obtained diplomas at the Scottish Veterinary 
College are eligible as veterinary surgeons in Her Majesty’s army, 
and in the Honourable East India Company’s service. The ar- 
rangement was effected last summer by his Grace the President of 
the Highland Agricultural Society, and the War Office, and the 
Board of Control. I am somewhat surprised that * A Highland 
Farmer’ should have sent to you to ask about this, when in almost 
every Scottish newspaper he might have seen the circumstance 
advertised, under the authority of the Society, and the announce- 
ment signed by their Secretary. 
“ The pupils thus applying at the Horse Guards for commissions 
in Her Majesty’s army, will have to undergo jan examination by 
the Veterinary-Surgeon-General for the time being. Those apply- 
ing for the Indian army will be examined by the Veterinary Sur- 
geon to the Company, and precisely in the same manner as is 
practised in the case of human surgeons applying for situations 
in the army and navy. 
“ To some, another examination may be considered a formidable 
barrier to get over ; but, I trust, no pupil of mine will ever be able 
to obtain such a situation, unless he pass with honour to himself 
any fair examination which he may have to undergo respecting his 
professional abilities. 
“ As to priority on the list, it could be proved, in almost a hundred 
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