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' STATE OF VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
drugs ; the routine of pharmaceutical operations ; the first prin¬ 
ciples of agriculture; and the outlines of medical botany. 
And, last of all, by means of another professor, or by the di¬ 
rector, or clinical professor, let the instruction of the college 
extend to all domestic animals—those that, in the aggregate, 
are even more valuable than the horse—with regard to whom 
the veterinary surgeon will be often consulted, and the medi¬ 
cal treatment of whom is taught in every school but ours. 
From the united talents of these men, let the student find 
within the walls of the college all that he can require to qua¬ 
lify him for his profession. The teachers of human medicine 
are kind and liberal. Never will the veterinary pupil forget 
what he owes to those o;entlemen in whose theatres he has been 
permitted gratuitously to obtain important knowledge. Never¬ 
theless, it is a system which we dislike. It has an air of pau¬ 
perism about it, which does not suit with that rank in society 
to which we are now permitted to aspire. Although we, at pre¬ 
sent,'experience much kindness, and sincere friendship from the 
professors of human medicine, they will not do full justice to us 
while we are educated at the charity school. 
We are, however, sketching that which will not immediately 
take place, although some of us will live to see it. The road 
is not yet sufficiently paved, but public opinion will, ere long, 
give us all that we desire. 
In the meantime much may be done. 
Anatomy is the only, foundation on which the superstructure 
of medical science can be reared. The laws of the college, as 
at present constituted, provide for the adequate instruction of 
the pupils in this fundamental branch of their art. Are these 
laws carried into effect ? Is there an efficient demonstrator ? 
Is he always at his post? The poor students, poring day 
after day over their subject, puzzled in mazes, and perplexed 
with errors,^’ feelingly and bitterly complain. Mr. Coleman 
regularly promises in his early lectures that there shall be a 
