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COMMUNICATION FROM MR. STRANGEWAYS. 
a joint three inches from the end, to which a second 
part is riveted, and capable of being moved at right 
angles when adjusted, serves well for turning or for breech 
presentations. 
I have not detailed so minutely as might have been done 
the particulars in form, &c., connected with my instruments 
for the above line of practice, supposing them to possess no 
particular novelty beyond their comparatively slight cost, 
and their being easily procured at the nearest forge ; together 
with (in my opinion) their decided advantage over hooks 
attached to cords ; for, from the slipping of one, on a certain 
occasion, I had a narrow escape from serious injury. 
COMMUNICATION FROM T. STRANGE WAYS, V.S. 
Edinburgh ; July 11, 1860. 
Gentlemen,— In the abstract of the proceedings of the 
Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, re¬ 
ported in page 359 of your number for June last, it is stated 
that “ fifty-two members have been admitted during the past 
year, forty-three from the Royal Veterinary College of 
London, and nine from the New Veterinary College, Edin¬ 
burgh.” Now, if you refer to page 368 of the same number 
of your journal, you will find that, instead of nine, there were 
eleven gentlemen who obtained their diplomas in Edinburgh, 
and of these eleven only two were students of the New Vete¬ 
rinary College; the remaining nine (the first in the list) 
having studied at the Veterinary College, Clyde Street, under 
Professor Dick; the students of which school, as you are 
aware, have a perfect right to present themselves "for ex¬ 
amination for the diploma of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. 
Besides, of the two from the new school, one studied only 
one year there, and the other year in Clyde Street. 
Hoping you will correct the mistake in the next number 
of your journal, 
I remain, yours respectfully, 
Thomas Strange ways, 
Lecturer on Anatomy, 
Veterinary College, Clyde Street. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian .* 
