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THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
not a lecture of any description was given in the theatre ; nor 
would there have been one demonstration in the dissecting room, 
and, worse than all, the clinical instructions of the yard and the 
stable would have altogether ceased, had not Mr. Spooner for- 
tunately resided close to the College, and, at the request of Mr. 
Sewell, devoted the whole of his time to the anatomical instruction 
of the pupils, and the treatment of the patients. The present class 
owes to Mr. Spooner the deepest debt of gratitude for the prompt- 
ness with which he undertook, and the talent with which he exe- 
cuted, the laborious task. 
In the mean time various interviews had taken place between a 
zealous and influential member of the English Agricultural Society 
and certain of the Governors of the Veterinary College ; and the 
subject of the extension of the instruction of the pupil to the ana- 
tomy and pathology of all our domesticated animals, or, in other 
words, the placing of the College in that position, with respect to 
the agriculturist, which its founder had intended, but which, by 
some strange fatality, had been neglected and forgotten, was dis- 
cussed. There seemed to be but one feeling — veterinary instruc- 
tion was originally designed to be communicated in all its branches, 
and should in future be so. The opposition — artful, virulent, deadly — 
which in one quarter had been made to this, ceased when it ap- 
peared to be altogether fruitless ; and although certain minor de- 
tails may yet remain to be discussed — and in our next Journal 
we shall, probably, be able to speak satisfactorily of them all — it is 
arranged that instructions shall henceforth be given to the pupils 
on the Anatomy and Diseases of all our more valuable domesti- 
cated animals. 
In order that this shall be perfectly carried out, a third Professor 
has been added to the College. Mr. Coleman retains the title of 
“ Professor:” he will treat of the Pathology of the Horse ; and the 
general superintendence of the institution will rest with him. 
Mr. Sewell will be “the Deputy Professor;” and, in addition to 
the duties which he has hitherto discharged, lectures will be re- 
quired from him on the pathology of the new classes of patients. 
In addition to the former duties of the Demonstrator, “the Assistant 
Professor” (Mr. Spooner has been appointed to that situation) will 
give a series of Lectures on the Anatomy and Physiology of the 
