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THE VETERINARIAN, JULY, 1828. 
Licet omnibus, licet etiain 
inihi, dignilateni 
artis veterinurice tueri.” 
Cicero. 
WE resume our account of the annual meeting of subscribers 
to the Royal Veterinary College, held on the 28th May last. 
It having been determined that application should be made 
to the Committee of Examiners, to ascertain their feeling as to 
the admission of veterinary surgeons among them; the report 
of the Committee appointed to consider the propriety of erect¬ 
ing an opemting room was received. They had obtained the 
estimates of various builders, but the calculated expense was so 
great, that they had,, for the present, abandoned the project. 
Mr. Joseph Goodwin and Mr. Coleman now addressed the 
meeting, and stated, that, in their opinion, an operating room 
was much wanted, and, in fact, indispensable; and the matter 
was again referred to the same committee. We trust that 
these gentlemen will not think two or three hundred pounds ill 
bestowed in enabling the students to become better instructed 
in this most important branch of their profession. The w hole 
system of operations at the college needs reform. The pupils 
are never called on to perform the principal ones, in the pre¬ 
sence of the sub-professor, as undoubtedly they ought to be; 
and the operations of that gentleman are perfoimed in a place 
where it is impossible for any student to see the w hole, or for 
many to see even a part of one of them; while the crow ding and 
jostling of the young men, in order to obtain even amomentaiy 
glimpse, form a scene sometimes ludicrous, always annoying, 
and not a little disgraceful. We understand that Mr. Sewell 
was, not long ago, so much inconvenienced by this disorderly 
conduct (a disorder, however, arising more from necessity and 
praiseworthy curiosity, than design), that he declared he w^ould 
never again operate in public. He has, however, operated as 
before, and will continue to do so; but it is a sad nuisance, 
that should be remedied. 
