PROPOSED EXAMINATION OF VETERINARY 
PRACTITIONERS. 
By C. H. Wad low, M.R.C.V.S., Oxford. 
Gentlemen, —There are a great number of men in this 
country practising the veterinary art who are not members 
of the college, nor have they been at any of the public vete¬ 
rinary schools ; yet I have frequently heard it said by their 
employers, as well as by themselves, that they could pass the 
examination if they had had an opportunity of doing so, but 
that they could not spare the time for the required attendance 
at the college ; therefore I suggest for the consideration of 
the board, that a bye-law should be passed, to enable all 
those who choose to submit themselves before the board of 
examiners, to be at liberty to do so, by paying a fee of £0,5, 
and if they passed to receive a certificate to that effect. By 
such a course, the public will be enabled to select the com¬ 
petent men from the incompetent amongst that class of 
practitioners, and it would also give those who are educated 
men (and I hope there are some amongst them) an oppor¬ 
tunity of showing the world that they are what they profess 
to be, and not ignorant pretenders. 
I am, gentlemen, 
Yours faithfully, 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian 
POISONING OF DOGS WITH STRYCHNINE. 
By W. Watson, M.R.C.V.S., Rugby. 
Few 7 subjects in connection with poisonous agents have 
attracted more attention during the last few years than the 
poisonous influence of strychnine. Man and animals have 
alike fallen victims to its fearful agency to a very serious 
extent, and, although our most able chemists and toxicolo¬ 
gists have devoted much time and labour in investigating 
and bringing to bear certain symptoms and tests by which 
its presence may be indicated, and very minute quantities 
shown to exist, yet much in connection with its physiological 
action has yet to be made known. 
