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THE FETERINARUN, JUNE 1838. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—CiCEUo. 
It has rarely happened that so many subjects connected with the 
onward progress of our profession force themselves on our notice 
as at the present moment. The Government has at length recog¬ 
nized the Edinburgh Veterinary School, and the graduates of 
that Institution are eligible to hold appointments as veterinary 
surgeons both in the British and the East India Company's service, 
subject, as all candidates for that honour have hitherto been, to 
the approval of the Veterinary Surgeons General of the British 
or Indian cavalry as to their competency. 
This is an act of justice highly creditable to the powers that 
be; and it is a boon to our profession generally, the importance 
of which can scarcely as yet be sufficiently appreciated. Placed 
now on an equality as regards their rank in society, and the ob¬ 
jects to which their attention may be legitimately directed, a 
fair and honourable competition will arise between the teachers 
and the pupils of the two schools, which cannot fail of insuring 
the rapid improvement of veterinary science. Each establish¬ 
ment may have, and has its faults, as regards some branches of 
instruction; but they had not until now been fairly pitted against 
each other. They had not stood on equal ground, nor had the 
public attention been sufficiently roused to institute a strict 
comparison between the advantages and the deficiencies of each. 
The St. Pancras school had the advantage of its rival, as alone 
recognized by the Government,—as alone leading to many ho¬ 
nourable situations in after-life; and this was calculated to produce 
a malign effect on both: it would naturally, necessarily produce 
a degree of carelessness on the one hand, and of apathy on the 
other. They will henceforth stand on equal ground; for although 
the veterinary surgeons-in-chief in the British and Indian cavalry, 
who will have to report on the qualifications of the candidates, 
belong to the Southern school, we cannot suppose that any unfair 
preference will be shewn. It would be inconsistent with the 
