460 PROFESSOR Coleman’s introductory lecture. 
The veterinary profession is a most important one, either viewed 
as tending to promote commerce or to increase agricultural interests; 
and England, so celebrated for superior horses and cattle, ought 
not to have an inferior veterinary institution; but, compared with 
those of France, and the principal continental institutions, ours 
sinks into just insignificance. 
I remain. Sir, your obedient servant, 
Pimlico, Nov. 17. . W.J. G. 
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THE VETERINARIAN, DEC. 1 , 1828 . 
“ Licetomnibus, licet etiammihi, dignitatem diriis velerinarice lueri.”—C'/cf ro. 
PROFESSOR COLEMAN’S INTRODUCTORY 
LECTURE. 
THE session of.1828-9 commenced at the Veterinary College on 
the 11th ult., and it commenced under circumstances favourable 
to the improvement of the pupil and the art. Two months^ rusti¬ 
cation had materially improved the appearance and health of the 
professor, .The class was. evidently numerous: many of the 
neighbouring practitioners, attracted by curiosity, oi' respect for 
their old-instructor, were present, and the theatre was crowded to 
excess. There had, for many years, been points in Mr. Cole¬ 
man’s introductory lecture, to which his friends, and many of the 
profession, had listened with dissatisfaction and regret. We 
were much pleased to observe, that, although the professor did 
not recant, his opinions had undergone some modification, or, at 
least, his language was more guarded. We hail this as a pru¬ 
dent and candid concession to the general spirit and growing im- 
proyement of the profession. It is that which we sternly claim 
from the head of the college, which.we expect from Mr. Cole¬ 
man’s abilify and penetration, and which we shall be the first to 
mark and to applaud. 
There used to be a tirade against comparative anatomy, neither 
the meaning nor the object of which could we ever understand. 
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