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and other surgical operations are valuable. He treats fractures 
below the knee with splints and bandages, and he says that he 
usually cures them in forty days. Fractures above the knee he 
considers to be generally incurable. In prolapsus of the uterus 
he usually employs cold water, and repeated punctures with a 
fine needle—a kind of acupuncturation which bears some re¬ 
semblance to the operation performed in the east from the oldest 
time. 
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Examination of the Edinburgh Veterinary School. 
The Annual Examination of the Veterinary School, conducted 
by Mr. Dick, under the patronage of the Highland and Agri¬ 
cultural Society of Scotland, took place in the Lecture Rooms, 
Clyde Street, on Thursday and Friday, April the 16th and 17th, 
when the following students, who had completed the prescribed 
course of study, were, after examination, found qualified, and 
obtained diplomas:—James White, Paxton, Berwickshire; Robert 
Mason, North Berwick, Haddington; John Tait, Tweedmouth, 
Northumberland ; Henry Seaton, Edinburgh; James Horsburgh, 
Castletown, Mid Lothian; John Anderson, Libberton, Mid 
Lothian ; William Anderson, Lanark ; Peter Strut, Coldstream, 
Berwickshire; John Pattison St. Clair, Morpeth ; John Donald¬ 
son, Paisley; Andrew Edmonstone, Aberargie, Perthshire ; 
Alexander Waddell, Guildtown, Perthshire; James Maxwell, 
Dalswinton, Dumfries ; John Falconer, Loanhead, Mid Lothian; 
and John Aldington Ainslie, London. 
The proficiency shewn by the students in the several branches 
of medical science, and especially in that department more im¬ 
mediately the object of their pursuit, afforded much satisfaction 
to all who witnessed the examination. Each student, before 
being admitted on trial, is required to attend a course of two 
years’ study under Mr. Dick, and during which period, by the 
very liberal conduct of several of the most distinguished medical 
professors and lecturers in the city, he has the benefit of free 
admission to their respective classes. As upon former occa¬ 
sions, the convener and committee appointed by the Society 
superintended the examinations, which were conducted by Pro- 
