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reject; and the vague and vulgar notions of the uneducated, by 
which our profession has so long been trammelled, must be cast 
aside, w'hile we will pass all our information through the searching 
filter of practical utility. Our anatomy shall be based upon prac- 
tical application, and our physiology shall be the record of what is 
really known, and not of what is merely imagined. In our course 
of physiology, while we shall be careful to leave no subject without 
a perfect explanation, at the same time we shall be on our guard 
lest we harass and fatigue the student’s attention by an unneces- 
sarily elaborate and tedious minuteness. 
“ The period which is dedicated to the professional education of 
the pupil in this Institution previous to his being permitted to be- 
come a candidate for his diploma is now, we are happy to announce, 
prolonged to eighteen months. This salutary change, we doubt 
not, will have the effect of producing a marked improvement in 
the professional attainments of those who will hereafter graduate. 
But the time to be spent here in the pursuit of scientific know- 
ledge is still so limited, that it is a matter of the utmost import- 
ance to the pupil so to arrange his various studies that each may 
obtain its proper share of attention, as nothing can be more inju- 
dicious than to pursue a single subject to the neglect of the rest; 
although this is too frequently done. A certain proportion of inform- 
ation upon the whole of the subjects to wdiich it will be the duty of 
the teachers of this Institution to direct the attention of the pupil is 
necessary, to render him fitted for the great end of his studies, viz. 
to become a practical and scientific veterinarian, and a useful and 
respected member of society.” 
We will not add a word to this sketch. It sufficiently speaks 
for itself. 
