AT THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
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On the next day Mr. SPOONER delivered his Introductory 
Lecture on the Anatomy and Physiology of all Domesticated Ani- 
mals. We believe the following to be a faithful sketch of a small 
portion of it : — 
“ Gentlemen, — The important changes which have of late taken 
place in this Institution, together with the history of veterinary 
science, were so fully explained to you yesterday by Professor 
Sewell, in his introductoV^ lecture, that little is left for me to 
advance upon the subject, without fear of tiring your patience by 
a needless repetition of facts of which you are already in posses- 
sion. I cannot, however, refrain from stating, that a new era 
appears to have dawned on our infantile art. We are now enter- 
ing upon a wider field of research than has hitherto been pursued 
by us ; and there cannot, I think, be a question that it will be the 
means of extending our usefulness, of enhancing our pecuniary 
interests in a professional point of view, and tending materially to 
improve the general condition of the inferior creatures, the welfare 
of the agriculturist, and the prosperity of the community at large. 
That which has to do with the health, and condition, and useful- 
ness of the millions of noble and valuable quadrupeds by which 
we are surrounded, is, indeed, an interesting subject of attention 
and inquiry. The voice of humanity, and the repeated calls of 
a reflecting public, aided by the exertions of the English Agricul- 
tural Society, will, at length, be nobly responded to. 
“ The Governors of this College, anxious to render it efficient as 
a veterinary school, and to fully carry out the original intentions 
of its founders, have determined that the studies of the pupil shall 
no longer be exclusively confined to the horse, but that his atten- 
tion shall be alike directed to all domesticated animals. It must 
be admitted, that, since the scientific and instructive lectures of 
my esteemed preceptor and valued friend Mr. Youatt were de- 
livered at the London University, the ox, the sheep, the swine, 
and the dog, and all those animals that constitute so great a por- 
tion of the wealth of this country, and contribute so much to our 
support and to our luxury, have been, in a great measure, over- 
looked by this school, up to the last session, when your now much 
respected Professor, Mr. Sewell, so far as his health would permit, 
