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VETERINARY STUDENTS’ DINNER. 
dinner; but what does he say and do when this committee had 
met to consider the propriety of a change in its constitution?— 
First, we have the following document:— 
“ At a meeting: of the Medical Examining Committee of the Veterinary 
College, held at the Freemasons’ Tavern, on 21st May, 1827 ; Sir A stlly 
Cooper, Bart. President, 
“ Resolved, that, in consequence of the more extended cultivation of 
the veterinary art, it appears to this meeting expedient to recommend to 
the general meeting of subscribers of the Veterinary College, to appoint, in 
addition to the present Medical Examining Committee, a Veterinary Ex¬ 
amining Committee, consisting of the Professor, Assistant-professor, and 
Veterinary Surgeons; and that no diploma be in future granted to ve¬ 
terinary students, unless they shall have been examined and approved by 
both committees. 
“ Resolved, that the above resolution be presented by Professor Coleman 
to the next general meeting of subscribers to the Veterinary College. 
“ Astley Cooper.” 
The next document runs thus : — 
“ At a Special Meeting of the Medical Examining Committee, convened 
May 20th, 1829, for the purpose of taking into consideration a memorial 
from a committee of veterinary surgeons, Sir A. P. Cooper, Bart. Presi¬ 
dent; the memorial having been presented by Professor Coleman, and duly 
considered, 
“ The Medical Examining Committee resolve, that they see no reason to 
alter their opinion, as expressed in certain resolutions on the 21st May, 
1827, and presented by Professor Coleman on the 7th June, 1827, to a 
general meeting of subscribers ; and resolve, that, in order to afford every 
facility to the general meeting, should they think proper to appoint a 
veterinary examining committee, the medical committee wish it to be 
understood, that it would be most agreeable to their feelings that their 
services should be gratuitous. 
44 Resolved, that this resolution be communicated by Professor Coleman 
to the Committee of Veterinary Surgeons. 
“ Astley Cooper/ 
The recommendation of the committee, and a memorial to 
the same effect from the body of veterinary surgeons, were 
rejected by the governors , and the committee remained precisely 
as it was; and on Jan. 23d, 1830, this Sir Astley Cooper, 
in the face of these documents, unhesitatingly says that that 
whicli it was deemed so expedient to modify “is the best esta¬ 
blished that can possibly be devised.” 
