THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
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object of the Institution was to form a school of veterinary science 
in which the anatomical structure of quadrupeds of all kinds, 
horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, &c., the diseases to which they are sub- 
ject, and the remedies proper to be applied, may be investigated 
and regularly taught, in order that by these means enlightened 
practitioners, of liberal education, whose whole study has been 
devoted to the veterinary art in all its branches, may be gradually 
dispersed over the kingdom, on whose skill and experience con- 
fidence can be securely placed.” 
So said the programme ; but the Professor was a horseman, and 
nothing but a horseman ; and no one can wonder if the instructions 
of the school became devoted to the horse alone, and every other 
animal soon became virtually excluded. 
Ere the second year of Sainbel’s professorship had passed, he 
was called to another world. Mr. Coleman, a young surgeon of 
much promise, and who had distinguished himself by his experi- 
ments on suspended animation, was chosen as his successor. We 
have heard that Mr. Coleman was averse to undertake the charge 
of patients so different from those whom he had been accustomed 
to treat. We give him credit for this honourable feeling. He, 
however, was appointed. 
Can we wonder if, finding that, under his predecessor, this 
veterinary school had dwindled down to one of mere horse-know- 
ledge and practice, and that without rebuke from the powers that 
were, he, although with infinitely superior talent and acquirements, 
should content himself with pursuing the same career that his 
predecessor had done 1 
Some time afterwards another circumstance occurred that sealed 
the fate of the College. The Board of Agriculture ceased to exist. 
There was no longer any control from this most influential quarter, 
and there remained only the Governors to conciliate, and that was 
no difficult affair. 
We acquit not Professor Coleman of much serious negligence. He 
was well aware that the intentions of the founders of the Veterinary 
College had not been followed out, and that he was not following 
them out : but there are few persons who would not have pursued 
the same course ; and the blame was more than shared by those who 
