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to the efforts which were made on former occasions to place Mr. 
Mavor in this position, but we cannot allow this opportunity 
to pass without congratulating both himself and the council 
on the evidence which the act affords that party spirit has 
seen its day of dissolution. 
This remark has its verification also in the choice which 
has been made for Scotland, and we trust that a sure founda¬ 
tion has now been laid for reconciliation and co-operation, so 
that we shall be de facto a united profession, each in his own 
sphere endeavouring to raise our art to that elevated position 
it rightly attains unto. 
We have now in truth a strong and most efficient board for 
Scotland, and one too which bears on its standard the olive 
branch of peace. The requirements of the public and also of the 
profession are assuredly well provided for by a court of 
examiners, which comprise such men as Professor Miller 
and Drs. Begbie, Dunsmore, and Struthers; with Messrs. 
Cartledge, Cockburn, Cowie, Lawson, Robertson, and Seeker, 
as practical veterinary surgeons. 
May the seeds of concord, which have at length been planted, 
soon bring forth rich fruit in such abundance that all may 
partake and be satisfied. 
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FRENCH VIVISECTIONS. 
The following letter has just been published in The Lancet 
of November 24th : 
“ Sir,—Having observed in The Lancet some remarks upon 
the vivisections as practised in the French veterinary schools, 
I beg to call your attention to the method pursued in those 
establishments of instructing the pupils in practical surgery, 
by making them perform the different operations upon old 
and worn-out animals while still alive. 
“ In the spring of 1856 I was permitted, through the kind¬ 
ness of the director of one of the three veterinary schools in 
France, to make some drawings of the anatomy of the horse 
