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educated cavalry-veterinary surgeon, who w r as compelled to quit 
his regiment, because he mistook the lame leg; and of another, 
not medically educated, who was solicited to remain, and even 
tempted by the offer of having his mess-contribution paid for 
him. 
We will not repeat what we have said on former occasions of 
the love and knowledge of the horse, which seem to form a part 
of the character of the country-medical practitioner; nor of the 
absurdity of supposing that he who has been accustomed to the 
most disgusting operations on the human being, would shrink 
from any which he might be called to perform on the horse; 
nor will we detail the circumstances which, in sad truth, are 
calculated to sicken the surgeon, and the man of education, and 
the gentleman, with his profession; but we will ask Mr. Coleman 
how many veterinary surgeons, not liberally educated , and taken 
from inferior classes of* society, have either been compelled on 
these accounts to leave their regiments, or have been excluded 
from the mess ? And next, we will tell him where he will find 
medically educated veterinary surgeons in the metropolis, in which 
he has been looking for them in vain; to say nothing of others, 
as competent, scattered elsewhere. He will find Mr. Goodwin, 
senior, the author of an excellent and practical work on shoeing, 
and veterinary surgeon to his late Majesty, now residing on a 
sufficient competence in the neighbourhood of this metropolis ; 
and his son, the author of several valuable papers, veterinary 
surgeon to the present King; and Mr. John Field, junior, who, 
although not a graduated surgeon, had, previous to his attend¬ 
ance on the college, acquired a knowledge of human anatomy 
and physiology which would not have disgraced the best surgeon 
of the college, and now commanding a most extensive practice ; 
and Mr. W. Percivall, veterinary surgeon to the First Life 
Guards, and the author of those justly-esteemed “ Lectures on the 
Veterinary Art;” and Mr. Bracy Clark, a valuable contributor to 
veterinary science; and Mr. Coleman, the head of the veterinary 
profession; and, although we marvel why they are there, Messrs. 
Cooper, Bell, Green, Brodie and Co. examiners of the veterinary 
pupil. To this we will add, that if Mr. Coleman takes from us 
