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The application of the dispenser, Mr. Morton, to be per¬ 
mitted to lecture on chemistry and pharmacy in the theatre of 
the college, had been referr’ed to a committee, and was acceded 
to, on the condition that he should appear before the medical 
committee, and undergo the necessary examination as to his 
knowledge of the principles and operations of chemistry. To 
that examination he could not object; but,.if common report is 
to be relied on, a physician, well qualified for the undertaking, 
has offered to lecture gratuitously on these subjects at the 
college theatre during the next session. 
Several additions were then made to the list of governors, 
including the Duke of St. Albans, Lords Skemersdale and 
Colchester, and Mr. Yates Peel. 
The report of the professor was next received, the substance 
of which was given in the last ^^Veterinarian.’’ 869 horses 
were received into the infirmary, of which 585 were cured or 
considerably relieved, and 42 died or were destroyed. We 
must confess that this report, the accumcy of which we do not 
question, is far from satisfactory. We require a statement of 
the diseases under which these animals laboured, and the com¬ 
parative mortality of the different diseases. We should then 
be enabled to compare the success of the college practice with 
that of other surgeons, and be considerably and beneficially 
guided in our treatment of various maladies. If another report 
be permitted to come before the public (a word or two concern¬ 
ing this by and bye), we trust that it will be a little more like 
that which is given by other veterinaiy schools, and by the 
medical officers of every hospital and dispensary. 
It was also the opinion of the governors that a detailed 
statement of interesting or unusual cases should, in future, 
accompany this report, and which, or selections from which, 
should be published, at their discretion. The necessity of this 
has long been acknowledged, and we trust that neither the 
professor nor the governors will forget to gratify the expecta¬ 
tion of the profession and the public. 
A subscriber now asked whether Mr. Sewell had not re¬ 
ceived a present of one hundred guineas from the governors for 
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