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the proper courses before they are taken on examination. The 
candidate is not required to attend farther courses where he shews 
this: and I cannot see why the London Veterinary College should 
require more, unless they have some benefits to confer. I think 
that the Edinburgh Veterinary College should receive the London 
graduates on the same terms. 
I have the honour to be, 
Your most obedient humble Servant, 
Alexander Carmichael, V.S. 
Graduate of the Edinburgh 
Veterinary College. 
1, Osnaburgh Place, New Road, 
16th July, 1840. 
My dear Sir,—I have transmitted your letter to Mr. Mayer, 
the chairman of the committee. I dare say that you will hear from 
him. 
I am not a member of the committee; but being personally re¬ 
ferred to, I do beg peremptorily to disown the “ narrow-mindedness,” 
and other implications, which your letter contains. 
As for your threats, you will be sorry, ere this, that you com¬ 
mitted them to paper. They serve no cause. 
The English Veterinary School has as much right to pray for 
certain privileges as the Edinburgh, the Dublin, or the Metropolitan 
medical schools. They are perfectly independent of each other, 
except that the honour and advancement of the one is reflected on 
the rest. 
So would it be with the veterinary schools. This, Sir, is the 
real state of the case when calmly and justly considered. 
You complain of a tendency to “narrow-mindedness” towards the 
Edinburgh school in my “leader.” Point out the passages; or 
tell me of a single letter, or passage of a letter, connected with the 
onward progress of your school which has been excluded from 
The Veterinarian. 
I calmly but decidedly challenge you to the proof. 
I have the honour to be, my dear Sir, 
Your very obedient Servant, 
W. You ATT. 
