EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
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Several veterinary surgeons from different parts of the country 
attended and assisted throughout the whole of the examinations. 
After a searching scrutiny into the knowledge of each candidate, 
of the comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals, and the 
practical treatment of the diseases to which each is liable, the fol- 
lowing were declared deserving of diplomas : — 
Dr. James Fergusson, Lanarkshire. 
Mr. James Knight, Renfrewshire. 
Mr. Edward Simpson Grey, Edinburgh. 
Mr. Robert Olden, sen. Cork. 
Mr. John Williamson, Dalkeith. 
Mr. Andrew Sherar, Ballantrae. 
Mr. William Hepburn, Laurencekirk. 
Mr. Robert Mackintosh, M.D. Edinburgh. 
Mr. William Mackintosh, surgeon, Edinburgh. 
Mr. William Dewar, Midmar. 
Mr. Edward Haggard, Hunmanby, Yorkshire. 
Mr. John Teviotdale, Elgin. 
Mr. Thomas Allen, Perthshire. 
Mr. James Bisset, Montrose. 
Mr. David Allen, Renfrewshire. 
Mr. William Haunsel, Staithes, Whitby. 
Mr. Robert Olden, jun. Cork. 
The Silver Medal, given every year to the student of the most 
distinguished merit, was awarded to Mr. Robert Olden, jun. Cork; 
and that for the best anatomical preparation to Mr. Edward Simp- 
son Grey, of Edinburgh, the preparation displaying the nerves of 
the ass. Another preparation, exhibiting the bloodvessels of the 
head of the horse, was declared deserving of a premium, and, 
accordingly, an extra one was awarded for it to Mr. Edward Hag- 
gard, Yorkshire. So important was the subject of anatomical 
preparations considered, both by the members of the Committee 
and the medical examiners, as an evidence of the comparative 
manual dexterity of the veterinary student, that it was determined 
that, in future, no student should be allowed to become a candidate 
for a diploma, unless he produced an anatomical preparation exe- 
cuted by his own hand. 
The business was concluded by Mr. Murdoch addressing to the 
graduates a few exhortations on that conduct in life which would 
ensure to them the confidence of their employers, and elevate the 
character of the profession which they were about to practise. 
[We have always admired the mode of public examination pur- 
sued by Mr. Dick. The close conclave of medical men, compa- 
