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THE VETERINARIAN , MAY 1 , 1831 
Ne quid falsi dicerc audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
We have inserted in this number the course of instruction of 
the pupils at the London Veterinary College, traced out, after 
the maturest consideration, x by the excellent founders of that insti¬ 
tution. The degree of deviation in the present management of 
that seminary—the cause of that deviation, and its results, are 
subjects of deep import, and shall not be forgotten. As, how¬ 
ever, we are, in this number, endeavouring to liquidate our 
arrears of gleaning from foreign journals, having other and 
pressing' objects immediately before us, we may as well contrast 
the original plan of our school with the present course of tuition 
in the school latest established in France, that at Toulouse. There 
are faults in both; but the comparison may be valuable to our 
veterinary readers, at least; and the comparison between our 
school as it is , with what it was designed to be, and what it was , 
and what the French school now is, cannot fail of being interest¬ 
ing to every British veterinarian, and to every agriculturist too. 
and also to every member of society, considering the portion of 
national wealth which maybe preserved and improved, or injured 
and destroyed by veterinary practitioners. There is possibly * 
somewhat too much aim at effect in detail of French system, 
but it contains many important particulars too much neglected 
among us. 
There are four professors, under the superintendance of a 
director. 
The course is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. 
FIRST DIVISION.—THE THEORETICAL PART. 
First Years Study. 
Special Anatomy, being the study of the bones, muscles, 
articulations, and viscera of the horse. 
General Anatomy. —The organic elements—their immediate 
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products, as albumen, fibrin, urea, &c. The chemical elements— 
carbon, phosphorus, oxygen, hydrogen, azote, and some of the 
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