AT THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
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Lawrence, although not a regular veterinarian, has given some very 
interesting accounts of the diseases and proper and humane treat- 
ment of the horse and cattle. Mr. Darvill has particularly consi- 
dered the management and general treatment of the race-horse. 
Mr. Stewart, of Glasgow, is a laborious and useful writer.” Among 
those who were present to-day he would mention Mr. T urner, who 
is now laying us under additional obligation by his physiological 
dissertations and discoveries. Mr. W. C. Spooner, of Southamp- 
ton, lias written a valuable work on a late epidemic complaint 
in the horse ; and Mr. Youatt has a strong claim on the gratitude 
of the veterinary world, not only on account of the volumes which 
he has devoted to the elucidation of the general management and 
medical treatment of several of our domestic quadrupeds, but the 
ability with which he has conducted our useful Periodical. If he 
continues to edite it with candour and right feeling, it will ever be 
estimated as it deserves. Two or three or more rival works of 
a similar class had been attempted, but the spirit of most of 
them had been bad, and they had passed away and are no more 
heard of. They were empoisoned by their own venom. 
Some of the works which have been foisted on the veterinary 
public are little more than copies from human anatomy and phy- 
siology. The descriptions which have been given of the gall- 
bladder of the horse and the circulation of the descending aorta 
are sufficient illustrations of this. 
Among our veterinary teachers we can enumerate several who 
are an honour to ourselves, and would be so to every profession. 
It will be sufficient to mention the names of Peall, Dick, Stewart, 
and Youatt. Others have distinguished themselves, and supported 
the honour of our profession in the scientific societies of their 
neighbourhood. The names of W. C. Spooner, Karkeek, and Ga- 
briel, immediately occur to our recollection. 
Many deserve the cordial thanks of the profession for the in- 
vention or improvement of surgical instruments, or the apparatus 
by which the horse may be secured when undergoing some neces- 
sary operations. The flexible catheter is an invaluable means of 
exploring the cavity of the bladder, or facilitating the operation of 
lithotomy. This instrument is yet peculiar to our country. Mr. 
