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registry of the disease, treatment, and result of every case 
that is admitted into the Infirmary. 
4thly. Let models of the mare and cow be obtained for 
the demonstration of the “ capital” operations, but especially 
for the illustration of practical parturition. 
I may here remark that in a late visit of myself and 
Mr. Morton to the school at Brussels, we witnessed with 
much interest the examination which the pupils were under¬ 
going for certificates of merit on this important subject, by 
the application of models such as here referred to. 
These suggestions must speak for themselves, as present 
circnmstances will not permit any comment upon them. I 
therefore pass to other needful reforms. 
5thly. Let a difference in the length of study be made be¬ 
tween the pupil who has had the advantage of being placed 
with a Veterinary Surgeon and one who has not. 
This difference must be on the side of extension; for cer¬ 
tainly no pupil should be allowed his examination before the 
expiration of the second course of lectures. A sixth sugges¬ 
tion is, that all applicants for admission as pupils shall undergo 
a preliminary examination, with a view to ascertain the extent 
of their general education. It would scarcely be believed that 
veterinary surgeons are fostered on the country who cannot 
write an ordinary note of business, or spell the most common 
words correctly. The effect that this has had, and must 
have, on the standing of the now legalized profession, is so 
self-evident, that here also comment is unnecessary. A 
seventh suggestion I make is, that no pupil shall be entitled 
to appear before his examiners, unless it can.be shown that 
he has dissected a given number of other animals , besides 
the horse, to the satisfaction of his teachers, and has thus 
made himself practically acquainted with their anatomy. 
Added to these things, there are some others to which 
time will only allow me incidentally to allude, such as the 
Library of the association being made the property of the 
College, and opened under proper regulations to all the 
pupils, whether members of the association or not. The pre¬ 
paration of a Catalogue, descriptive of the morbid and other 
specimens of Anatomy contained in the museum for general 
reference, and for the illustration of the pathological lectures 
in particular. And, lastly, the publication and adoption of a 
perfectly new nomenclature of disease, founded upon science, 
as we find it in this advanced period of the nineteenth century. 
I have thus ventured to put before you, and for your 
consideration and amendment, an outline of a system of 
progressive reform. It will be seen that it is but the mere 
