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stitute, in short, a permanent medical police, from 
whose watclifulnesa ami intelligence much benefit is 
expected, and, we may add, is not unfrequently de- 
•ired. It ivas to this honourable office in Gronin- 
that, as above stated. Camper was appoint- 
ee, however, was the last man to confine himself 
*0 the merely prescribed routine of official duty, and 
therefore no one will be surprised to learn, that, ani- 
®ated by those enlarged and benevolent views to 
which We have already had occasion to advert, he 
^^ty speedily exerted himself in the formation of an 
•"P'l cultural society for the district, the chief object 
which was to promote experiments and improve- 
I'^ents in all the various branches of farming and 
*Jsbandry. In this society he was prevailed upon 
*0 undertake the laborious duties of secretary ; and 
W'as not long before his energy and his scientific 
''^‘luirements were put into requisition, and in a way 
w uch did the highest honour to his patriotism. He 
Was in fact an enthusiastic agriculturist ; and, more 
*®Pecially in his own department, that which con- 
’'firned live stock, their health and their diseases, he 
ayed a zeal wiiich, so far as our information ex- 
^ends, has never been exceeded. As a striking proof 
Ins zeal, we may mention, that, during tlie exist- 
‘^■'ce of cjdilemic disorder which rageil among the 
he, ill the course of his inquiries into its ria- 
^'we, dissected with his own hands more than six 
*w>died animals which had become its victims. 
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