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Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
INAUGURATION OF THE VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
PHILADELPHIA. 
From the c New York Spirit of the Times.’ 
The first and principal item of interest, to some of your 
readers, was the inauguration of the Veterinary College in 
this city. The ceremony took place on Monday of last week 
(Jan. 17th). A small and select audience assembled to view 
the museum, inspect the rooms (corner of Sixth and Master 
Streets), and to hear an address by one or more of the 
eloquent patrons of the school. We have described this 
museum upon your pages, and therefore will add nothing 
except a tribute of praise to R. Jennings, for the neatness of 
his osteological arrangement. Adjoining the museum is a 
small room appropriated as a library. The bare shelves, 
however, attest the present poverty of the school, and silently 
appeal to the wealthy for endowments. Over the museum is 
the lecture-room, large enough to accommodate twenty-five, 
or more, students. 
The expected patrons did not make their appearance, and 
in their absence, T. J. Corbyn, V. S., made a few remarks, 
detailing the history of the schools, their struggles, and 
explained the object of the association. We heartily second 
Dr. Corbyn in his wishes for success, and hope that the 
public will be inspired with confidence in the present effort 
to establish a college. R. Jennings, V. S., followed, appealing 
to -his hearers for encouragement, giving a short statement 
of the wants under which they suffer at present, and 
closed his remarks by reading the prospectus of their pro¬ 
posed labours. From this prospectus we gleaned the follow¬ 
ing items: 
The faculty of the institution is composed of W. W. Fraley, 
Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; T. J. Corbyn, 
Professor of Pathology and Surgery; A. Tegtmier, Professor 
of Chemistry and Pharmacy ; and R. Jennings, Professor of 
Anatomy and Physiology. 
The college session commences on the first Monday in 
November, and continues four months. 
Fee for the course (we suppose of unlimited instruction 
requisite to graduation), 100 dollars. The matriculating 
fee, 5 dollars. Graduation fee, 25 dollars. Subsequent 
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