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and ending in January ; the second beginning in January and end¬ 
ing in May; the third beginning in May and ending in August. 
That in the Ist, 2d, 4th, and 5th courses, he shall attend 
lectures on anatomy, physiology, pathology, and morbid anatomy ; 
practical anatomy and dissections; veterinary surgery; chem¬ 
istry ; the hospital practice and clinical instruction, and that 
with reference to every animal that may come under the veteri¬ 
nary surgeon’s care. In the 3d and 6th courses he shall attend 
lectures on the principles and practice of veterinary medicine— 
materia medica and pharmacy—botany—surgical operations by the 
professor of veterinary surgery—and hospital practice ; and that in 
the 6th course, in addition to all these, he shall be instructed in 
veterinary jurisprudence. That the charge for the whole of this 
instruction, with access to the forge, pharmacy, dissecting-room, 
and, under certain restrictions, the museum, be about £50. 
3dly, That no professor hold two professorships, except the 
professor of anatomy, physiology, &c., who may hold the chair 
of medicine ; and the professor of chemistry may lecture on 
materia medica, pharmacy, and botany. 
4thly, That the professors of anatomy, and medicine, and sur¬ 
gery, be veterinary surgeons, and have the charge and superintend¬ 
ence of the infirmary, and alternately give clinical instruction; 
and that the professors of practical anatomy and veterinary juris¬ 
prudence be veterinary surgeons and assistant surgeons to the 
infirmary. 
5thly, That none of the professors be members of the Ex¬ 
amining Committee. 
6thly, That indentures from each person of his having spent 
at least five years in tlie pursuit of veterinary knowledge, be 
required at the student’s examination. 
And now. Sir, in drawing this subject to a close, I feel I ought 
to apologize to you for taking up so much space in your valuable 
Journal which might otherwise have been better occupied; and to 
your readers, for taxing their time and patience. Vast as is the 
subject—important according to the light in which it is viewed, 
and feeble as has been the delineation of its details presented to 
your view—I rise from the consideration of it with the full con¬ 
viction on my mind of the imperative necessity there rests on 
all the members of the profession for increased exertion, in order 
to secure these indispensable and paramount advantages to every 
veterinary student. 
It is not to be left to any one man to improve the state of pub¬ 
lic or private education. More extended observations and 
inquiries into the causes, symptoms, and remedies of diseased 
organs—more accurate physiological investigation—with deeper 
