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AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS. 
External Practice. 
Our pupils have not been confined to the observation of the 
horses that have been daily brought to the infirmary, but have 
been required to attend upon a great number of patients, whether 
in the city or in the neighbouring districts of this department or 
those of l’lsere and l’Ain. Although the diseases of cattle, sheep, 
goats, & c., generally considered, are nearly the same as those of 
the horse, they present many points of difference in their causes, 
symptoms, and termination. How can it be otherwise, considering 
how widely these animals differ from the horse in their organiza- 
tion, their degree of susceptibility, appetites, habitudes, and many 
other circumstances. The diagnosis of their maladies consequently 
demands a certain degree of experience, and considerable practical 
study. A skin thicker — sensibility more obtuse — senses less ac- 
tive — intelligence much more limited — motion slower — their exter- 
nal diseases less appreciable by the touch — those of the internal 
organs more obscure, both as it regards their first and principal 
seat, and their various sympathies. If the general diagnosis of 
the ordinary maladies of ruminants is more difficult to be under- 
stood than in the horse, it is still more difficult with regard to dis- 
eases that are associated with little pain, and that slowly run their 
course. These visits, then, of the pupils in the environs of Lyons, 
and to animals of every description, are exceedingly useful. They 
are beginning that practice which is to become the business of their 
lives — they are putting to the test the lessons of their professors ; 
and in cases of difficulty they have access to their instructors, who 
will confirm them in their right views of things, and check every 
erroneous impression and practice. 
Rec. de Mtd. Vet. Nov. 1838. 
THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1839. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
No conference, we believe, has yet taken place between the 
Governors of the Royal Veterinary College and the Directors of 
the English Agricultural Society ; but only a short space of time can 
now elapse before the primary arrangement will take place. The 
precise nature of that arrangement we profess not to know; but it 
will be worthy of the honourable men who will meet in consulta- 
