ARMY VETERINARIANS. 
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ing whether a suspected animal is mad, proper precautions can be adopted, or 
the mind of a person who may have been bitten relieved from a state of 
great uncertainty and distress. 
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
W. C. S. 
Sept. 3, 1839. 
THE VETERINARIAN, NOVEMBER 1, 1839. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
The Principal Veterinary Surgeon has already been called upon 
to discharge one of his most important duties. The removal of 
Mr. Jex to the Scotch Greys caused a vacancy at the Cavalry 
Depot at York, and Mr. James Robertson, a graduate of the Edin- 
burgh School, presented himself as a candidate for that situation. 
We were saying in our last number that a Board of Veterinary 
Examiners, selected from the household and other troops, was de- 
sirable, in order to assist the Principal Veterinary Surgeon, and 
to secure the administration of justice between the rival candidates 
that might occasionally present themselves. This, however, is not 
likely to take place, because the examination of the medical candi- 
dates in the foot service rests with the Principal Surgeon, Sir 
James MacGregor, and his duty is supposed to be, and doubtless 
is, honourably discharged. The proof of this is, that some medical 
friend, at his request, sanctions by his presence, and assists at, all 
these examinations. 
Mr. Cherry, much to his honour, has followed the example of 
the other Principal Surgeon, and requested the assistance of a ve- 
terinary surgeon who stands deservedly high in the estimation of 
all his brethren, — Mr. William Percivall, of the First Life Guards. 
Before these gentlemen Mr. Robertson passed his examination, 
and has been appointed to the depot. 
Both these gentlemen are fully aware how much the general re- 
putation and acceptance of the veterinary practitioner depends on 
the character of those who are appointed to cavalry regiments ; and 
they deeply lament to what extent, in days that are gone by, the 
profession suffered from the ignorance and general bearing of those 
who inadvertently, and without due inquiry — we use the mildest 
terms we can, as we are speaking of former times — obtained admis- 
