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REMARKS ON THE CHARTER AND BY-LAWS. 
finding that no less than sixteen feet four inches of the ileum had 
become inverted. The peristaltic motion of the ileum must have 
been reversed in this case; for the posterior portion had first been 
contracted, and forced into the anterior, which must have been 
much less contracted, or very probably not contracted at all. 
Much discolouration had taken place; congestion and sundry dark 
patches were met with among the other portions of the abdominal 
viscera, and two or three gallons of serous fluid were effused into 
the peritoneal cavity. 
*** If Mr. Turner would, when he has an hour to spare, trans¬ 
mit us some accounts of the horses or dogs or cattle of Canada, he 
would be conferring a great favour upon us.—E d. Yet. 
REMARKS ON THE CHARTER AND BY-LAWS. 
By “ A Country Practitioner.” 
To the Editor of 11 The Veterinarian.” 
Sir,— Having read a letter in the March number of The 
Veterinarian, from Mr. Cox, on the Charter and By-laws, I am 
induced to make a few remarks on the same. I think with Mr. Cox 
as regards the time of studying at the Colleges. It is my opinion, 
that there ought to be a material difference made in the period of 
study between the man who has served an apprenticeship and has 
been in practice for some time previous to his entry at either of 
the schools, and him who has not seen any practice before his entry 
there ; such a person as Mr. Cox speaks of, as coming from behind 
the counter. Such persons are most decidedly not fit to embark 
in the profession after attending two sessional years, even though 
they obtain diplomas. Some there are who have very retentive 
memories, and will get to know the theory of the science, and so 
will pass their examination, and yet, at the same time, are very 
unfit persons to enter into country practice. Some few years ago I 
well remember two gentlemen, who emanated from the London 
College, one of whom being required to bleed a cow was positively 
unable to do so ; and the other, on being applied to for a drying 
drink, returned for an answer, that “ he did not sell them.” If he had 
said that he “ could not prepare one,” it would have been, in my 
opinion, much more straightforward. Now, I would ask whether 
those gentlemen were fit to engage in their profession. How they 
managed to pass 1 am at a Joss to know, for they were alike defi¬ 
cient in many other things. Therefore I think if a plan something 
like what Mr. Cox suggests were adopted, it would work very well; 
although I do not see why a man who has been in a respectable 
