VETEIIINARY SURGERY. 
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ture and diseases of the horse, cow, sheep, dog, poultry, pigs, &c., 
in the course of nine months, the lecturer now gives no more of the 
anatomical structure than is necessary for the right understanding 
of physiology and disease; and for a complete course of dissec¬ 
tions and demonstrations, and, at no additional expense to his 
house-pupils, he refers them to the School of Veterinary Anatomy, 
so beneficially for the College students established by Mr. 
Spooner, in the immediate neighbourhood of that institution, 
since the author of “ The Concise Account, &c.’^ w^as a pupil 
there. With these exceptions, and also an addition to his charge 
of ten guineas for every half-year after the first, the account given 
in this pamphlet is correct. We will also add, that, if we mis¬ 
take not, the author of this little work carried off the first prize 
' in the year of his attendance at the University School, and that 
a more attentive pupil we have rarely had, nor one whose good 
opinion we are more desirous to retain, or who is more capable 
of becoming an ornament to his profession. 
It would naturally be expected, that this writer, after reviewing 
the veterinary schools,” would not forget the periodicals,” 
so intimately connected with the improvement and respectability 
of the profession. He has not forgotten them ; but what degree 
of justice he has rendered them, our readers shall judge. ‘Mt 
is now nearly seven years since two monthly periodicals, or vete¬ 
rinary journals, simultaneously started into existence. Both 
began their career by abusing the College most furiously. They 
said much that was quite true, and they exposed much that well 
deserved exposure; but, at the same time, they were unreason¬ 
able, and it must be confessed, somewhat malignant. The}?- de¬ 
manded cures where none could be efi'ected—sometimes blamed 
those who were not at fault; and, forgetting how’ little power 
mere words have upon men in office, the reformers raved inces¬ 
santly, and seemed to expect that abuses should be corrected the 
moment thev w’ere brought to light, and that innovation should 
have taken place the instant it w'as suggested. The Vete¬ 
rinarian still survives. It has been a radical from its birth; 
but it has sustained its hostility to the College with philosophic 
dignity worthy of its avowed objects. It has now subsided into 
comparative quietness, at least, we are not so frequently annoyed 
