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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
APPOINTMENT OP MR. YARNELL AS PROPESSOR OP 
ANATOMY AND CLINIC. 
Our readers will learn with a satisfaction equal to our 
own that the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College, at 
their last meeting, held a few days since, conferred the title 
of Professor of Anatomy and Clinic on Air. Yarnell. 
For a considerable time the duties of these offices have been 
most efficiently performed by Air. Varnell, while his official 
standing was only that of Assistant-Professor. AYe regard 
this act as a very gracious one on the part of the Governors, 
and a well-merited honour to the recipient. 
YETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
AYe beg to remind the members of the Veterinary ATedical 
Association that the weekly meetings have been resumed, and 
that they will be held in the theatre of the Royal AYterinary 
College every Tuesday evening, at half past six. A r eteri- 
nary surgeons residing in London and its vicinity are 
earnestly requested to take part in the discussions, that the 
Association may hold, as it w r as wont, its true position 
among the scientific societies of the metropolis. 
VETERINARY PROTECTION SOCIETY. 
It being proposed to establish a “ Veterinary Protection 
Society for the purpose of defending its members against 
legal proceedings for any supposed want of professional 
skill in the treatment of animals committed to their care, or 
any presumed neglect on the part of their agents or servants, 
the Provisional Committee have to request that those members 
of the profession who may be desirous of joining the Society 
will intimate the same in writing to the Hon. Secretary pro 
tern. 
The Committee will meet in a few days for the purpose of 
receiving the names of members, and of considering the 
best means of carrying out the objects of the Society. 
AY. H. Coates, 
Hon. Sec. 
10, Red Lion Square, Holborn, 
