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THE HISTORY AND ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION OF 
THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
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We extract from a little book that is now out of print, and not 
to be obtained, a history of the establishment of the Veterinary 
College, at St. Pancras. The account comprises the two first 
years of the existence of that institution. The record will be in- 
teresting* to every veterinary practitioner, and to every pro¬ 
prietor of horses or cattle. We shall give it without a com¬ 
ment. 
An Account of the Veterinary College , from its Institution 
in 1791. London, 1793. 
The ardour for improving arts and perfecting science in this 
country has given rise to many excellent institutions, by means 
of which the interests of mankind at large have been eminently 
served, and the sphere of human knowledge almost incredibly 
extended. 
In adverting to these establishments, we may discern the 
efficacy of opulence and patriotism united for the public good; 
and we may, at the same time, form a very just ground of con¬ 
fidence, that.the same faculties will still continue to be exerted 
for the support of ether plans, tending to promote the same 
beneficial end. 
Whatever may have been done to increase the public stock 
of know ledge in other departments, the veterinary science hath 
been hitherto little cultivated in this country; nevertheless, if 
its claims to public favour were fully stated, there could be no 
doubt but that our national spirit and benevolence w ould pa¬ 
tronize it equally with every other branch of natural know ledge. 
To define this science, will be sufficient to recommend it in the 
most effectual manner. 
The veterinary science, then, is the art of preserving the 
health of cattle, and particularly of horses, and of curing their 
diseases ; and comprehends a full and just knowledge of those 
several animals; of their anatomy, physiology, and pathology; 
a knowledge of the general laws of the animal economy, and of 
the particular ones of each distinct species; a knowledge of the 
animal structure, and its relation to exterior matter, alimentary, 
medicinal, and noxious. 
Many able and ingenious persons, within these kingdoms, 
have appeared to concur in the utility of this science ; and wishes 
have been expressed that means were provided for the cul¬ 
tivation of veterinary knowledge; which, for want of such 
