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VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
three of the rot; and, probably, two of other diseases—eight in 
every hundred are lost to the farmer. Thus three millions sterl¬ 
ing are to be subtracted from the property of the Agriculturist, 
and the riches of the State. 
1 will not say that the best instructed Veterinary Surgeon 
would save to the grazier the whole, or the greater part of this 
immense sum; but if the care of our domestic animals were 
taken from those who are proverbial for their brutality and their 
ignorance, and entrusted to men who had studied the anatomy, 
and economy, and diseases, and general treatment of sheep and 
cattle, much good would inevitably result. The Veterinary 
Colle«:e has done much to ameliorate the condition and lessen 
the diseases of the horse; and our other domesticated quadrupeds 
have an equal, and, in point of aggregate value, a superior claim 
on the attention of its Professors and Governors. 
While the College thus abandons them, it is notorious, that 
we have not a book on the diseases of cattle that is i^ot the sub¬ 
ject of well-deserved ridicule and bitter sarcasm, among our 
neighbours, and which does not disgrace us as Veterinarians and 
even as common Farmers. 
In the French Colleges, Professors are appointed to instruct 
the pupils in this important but neglected branch of study. 
Grazing farms are likewise attached to each of these seminaries, 
that the young surgeon may observe, and be habituated to the 
management of sheep and cattle in health as well as disease. 
Whether, considering the situation and constitution of our 
College, the latter plan be practicable here, I will not determine; 
but of this I am assured, that the establishment of a system of 
instruction on the diseases and treatment of sheep, cattle, and 
all other domestic animals, if it did not speedily bring practice, 
would, at least, be an important addition to the study of the 
pupil, and prepare him for the more extensive and more reputa¬ 
ble discharge of the duties of his profession, and most materially 
benefit the community. 
I trust the time is not far distant when they, who have the 
power and the wish to do right, will perfonn an act of justice 
to the Veterinary Student, and of incalculable advantage to the 
country at large. I am, &c. 
PHILO-VET. 
Feb. 12, 1828. 
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John Hill, Printer, Black Horse Court, Fleet Street, 
