THE VETERINARIAN, FEBRUARY 1 , 1830 . 
Licet omnibus, licet otiam nobis , dignitatem artis veterinavice tueri.— Cicero. 
On Saturday, the 23d ultimo, the yearly dinner of the Vete¬ 
rinary Students to their Professors, and the Medical Teachers to 
whose lectures they had been gratuitously admitted, was given at 
the Freemasons’ Tavern. The guests were—Sir Astley Cooper 
(in the chair), Messrs. C. Bell, Brodie, Brooks, Coleman, 
Field, Green, Hawkins, and Mayo, and Drs. Bright and Sigmond. 
Few of the staid practitioners were present, whom we used to see 
with pleasure surround their old instructor; but we recognised 
Messrs. Bartlett, W. Field, Jumpson, King jun., Morgan, 
Palmer, Rushman, Sibbald, James Turner, Thomas Turner, 
Woodin, and Youatt. 
After the usual introductory toasts, the Chairman told us that 
he was now travelling homeward, and gave, without introduction, 
“ The Governors of the Veterinary College.” We give him credit 
for the tact which he displayed here; for, indeed, it would have 
been difficult for him, with all his ingenuity, after the undeserved 
and flagrant insults which had been offered by these gentlemen 
to the veterinary practitioners, to have adduced one solitary, 
shadowy argument that could have rendered such a toast palat¬ 
able. 
Next was given “The Examiners,” men eminent in their pro¬ 
fession, truly honourable, and our obligations to whom would not 
soon be forgotten. 
To this followed, with many well-deserved compliments, “ The 
restoration to health and enjoyment of Drs. Babington and 
Cooke;” good and amiable men, warmly esteemed in the circle 
in which they moved, and justly entitled to our esteem and 
gratitude. 
To this succeeded, “ The medical teachers to whose theatres 
the veterinary students had been gratuitously admitted ;” and ill 
befal him who ever forgets or undervalues the boon ! It is, how- 
