328 FRENCH ARMY VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
consider, whether it is not necessary to the interest of the military 
service to determine the future condition and rank of the vete¬ 
rinary surgeons attached either to the cavalry or artillery. 
Their position incessantly varies. Sometimes they are on a 
level with the commissioned officers, sometimes with the 
subordinate (warrant) officers. The petitioners complain of being 
confounded with the master-saddlers, breeches-makers, and 
tailors. It is certain that there ought to be a distinction be¬ 
tween these two classes of persons ; it is also certain, that the 
preliminary studies which are exacted at the veterinary schools 
should exempt veterinary surgeons from being confounded with 
artists, who are quite illiterate, and who often can neither read 
nor write.’’ 
M. le Comte Dejea?i,-^^‘ I beg pardon of M. le Raporteur for 
differing from him; but I ought to say, that the situation of 
the army veterinary surgeon is never varied. Thus, as M. le Ge¬ 
neral Lallemand has said, in every regiment of the army they 
are respected in proportion to their worth. M. le General Lalle¬ 
mand has told you, that he has solicited recompenses for several 
of them. In conclusion, I think that there is nothing which is 
required to be done, and consequently it is perfectly useless to 
send the petition to the minister of war.” ' 
(The order of the day was put to the vote, and carried.) 
The cause of our continental brethren is evidently progress¬ 
ing; and whether their just claims are immediately yielded, or 
hope is farther deferred, the recorded sentiments of such men as 
the Due de Praslin, the organ of the committee, the Marquis 
de Laplace, and even General Lallemand himself, will make their 
proper impression. Our advice would be, agitate, still agitate ; 
again and again urge the ridiculous pretension,” and exhibit 
“ the extreme of presumption.” Our hearty good wishes 
accompany them ; and ere long the voice of truth and justice will 
be heard. Y. 
ISxtract^^ 
French School.—On Pleurisy. 
\Elemens de Pathologie Veterinaire, par P. Vatel.] 
Inflammation of the pleura is often accompanied by that of 
the lungs. There are, nevertheless, cases where it exists alone, 
and without complication. 
Acute Pleurisy .—The action of cold air on the skin; the in- 
