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and Mr. Green were his pupils ? I know, on the contrary, that 
Mr. Cline was proud, and justly proud, that these eminent 
characters had been educated by him. I am not anxious to ex¬ 
clude talent from the veterinary college, or to prevent veteri¬ 
nary surgeons from giving lectures in the neighbourhood of the 
» college. A fair and honourable opposition, on the same liberal 
principles as in other schools, would be a benefit to the public; 
but my opponents have preferred anonymous calumnies. Were 
I Sir Astley Cooper, and Sir Astley Cooper your professor, then 
indeed your professor might treat all opposition with contempt; 
but I require all the aid of my friends, and in due time I shall 
most willingly resign.^’ 
The chairman next gave The health of the Assistant-Pro¬ 
fessor,” to whom we were indebted for the revival and establish¬ 
ment of the operation of neurotomy, by which the usefulness of 
many valuable horses had been prolonged, and ease had suc¬ 
ceeded to torture ; and for his discovery of the efficacy of the 
sulphate of copper, in those affections of the Schneiderian 
membrane which resembled glanders, or were supposed to be 
characteristic of that disease, 
Mr. Sewell said he had long been a diligent and an honest 
labourer in the cause of veterinary science, and, in spite of 
opposition or calumny, he should continue to devote every ener¬ 
gy to the improvement of the art. They who were so eager 
to abuse and displace him a^d his colleague should neither 
frighten them from their places nor their duty. 
Next was given ^^The Examining Committee,” among whom 
our old and tried friend Dr. Pearson was particularly mentioned; 
and to whom we were not only indebted as an impartial yet 
kind examiner, but who had set us right in an important point 
of anatomy. He had subjected the fatty frog to chemical ana¬ 
lysis, and the d—1 a bit of fat had he found in its composition. 
Dr. Pearson was most happy in his own name, and that of 
his brother-examiners, to testify his satisfaction and even sur¬ 
prise at the general attainments of the pupils, alike creditable 
