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TITK VETERINARY SCHOOL 
as it regards one, and, perhaps, the most important branch of 
instruction, 7iot removed into the heart of another and far distant 
county^ but on the ground where the friends of science and of 
agriculture first established it, correspond with M. Bernard’s 
eloquent delineation of what a veterinary school ought to be. 
The following is the account of the proceedings at Toulouse, 
as extracted from the Journal of the French veterinarians of the 
south:— 
On the 19th of August 1838, a public meeting, most nume¬ 
rously attended, was held for the distribution of prizes and di¬ 
plomas to the pupils of the veterinary school. The Prefect of the 
department presided, and the Mayor of Toulouse, together with 
the Commandant-general of the province, were present. 
The Prefect opened the sitting by reminding the pupils of the 
importance of their art, and of the counsel which he had ven¬ 
tured to give at the recent installation of their new director. 
M. Gelle then read a statement of the proceedings of the 
school during the last session*, and he introduced this by a 
discourse on agriculture, and its connexion with the prosperity 
and stability of the state. 
The new director of the school then addressed the meeting. 
He took a rapid survey of veterinary schools generally, but he 
principally considered them in connexion with agricultural in¬ 
dustry and prosperity. 
Scarcely half a century,” said he, “ has passed since the in¬ 
stitution of veterinary schools; and these infant establishments, 
as we may yet call them, have acquired a daily-increasing import¬ 
ance, and which they will quickly far surpass. This importance 
arises, not merely from their real utility, indispensable on the 
treatment of the maladies of domesticated animals, but their 
intimate connexion with agriculture and commerce, two of the 
most influential causes of the prosperity of a country. In fact, 
what is the curing of some sick animals, the number and value 
of whom is necessarily limited, compared with the application of 
a comprehensive knowledge of the animal economy to the mul- 
plication, improvement, and perfectionating of the various breeds 
of domesticated animals? It is under this last point of view 
especially that the influence of our schools should be regarded in 
the south of France, so richly endowed with a temperate climate, 
a fertile soil, and numerous breeds of beautiful cattle. 
“The young men educated in our schools, and instructed not 
only in the treatment of disease, but in every branch of rural 
* We trust that M. Gelle will favour the public with this document. 
These compte-rendus would constitute by far the most important division of 
our Journal. 
