THE SESSION OF 1840-41. 
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geons should be added to the present Examining Committee. We 
want not to displace one of those to whom in former years we were 
much indebted. We feel how much value may and does result 
from their patronage and interest. Still we like not to be excluded 
altogether from our own house. We have the vanity to think that 
we should be somewhat better judges than the human surgeon or 
physician can ever be of the indications and treatment of diseases 
in our patients, now become so numerous, and of the actual capa¬ 
city of him who has to attend on them. As a boon and as a right 
we demand admission to that board, which, in our present improved 
state of knowledge, we should never disgrace. 
Last of all, for no factious purpose, from no hostile feeling to¬ 
wards the present or future directors of the Veterinary College, but 
as a bond of union among ourselves, as Avell as the most effec¬ 
tual security of our professional interests, a ballot look place for the 
appointment of a “ Standing Committee” to watch over the general 
interests of veterinary science, with power to call a general meet¬ 
ing of the Memorialists, in order to effect any important object that 
may arise; and, it is added, “ in conclusion, your Deputation sin¬ 
cerely trust that these and all other points connected with the in¬ 
terests of veterinary science may be considered and carried out in 
a spirit of good temper and good feeling, and that the)^ may tend, 
as they ardently desire, to the farther advancement of veterinary 
science.” 
This, indeed, is a consummation devoutly to be wished; and if 
it is delayed, or in some degree diminished, it will never be from 
the captious feeling of the members of the veterinary profession, 
but the blame will attach to, and the punishment will fall on, those 
who wish to subject them to a system of contumely, oppression, 
and disgraceful persecution to which they will never long submit. 
Y. 
