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had adopted, and particularly when they have been called 
to attend cases of protracted labour from preternatural presen¬ 
tations. The want of a knowledge of principles has come 
with a crushing force upon them, and they have been com¬ 
pelled to bear the censure of the mere man of practice, while 
their humiliation has been completed by having to resign the 
patient to his experience and care. Now and then some of 
these persons have turned to their teachers for advice and 
information, and often have we supplied both of these ; and 
to give them further assistance, have furnished them with a 
copy of an illustrated lecture which was delivered by one of 
us before the Royal Agricultural Society of England some 
twelve years since, and published in the tenth volume of the 
society's journal. 
The anatomy of the female organs of generation, together 
with the phenomena of impregnation and foetal development, 
were not omitted from this lecture, in so far as an abstruse 
and scientific subject of the kind could be made intelligible 
to a popular audience. May we not then rightly inquire of 
what worth is the assertion that all these things have been 
neglected, and have “ not only not been written on, but not 
taught with any precision" ? 
For ourselves, we are frequently more contented that our 
labours should be unnoticed by some individuals, than that 
they should be recognised; but as exponents of the profes¬ 
sional will, we cannot stand quietly by and see the members 
unjustly stigmatised and an attempt made to degrade them 
in the estimation of the public. 
ANNUAL MEETING OE THE ROYAL COLLEGE OE 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
At the annual meeting of the Profession which has just 
been held—and the proceedings of which are reported in 
our present number—little transpired to call for observation. 
