THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXXII. ttttytt? lo'-n Fourth Series. 
No. 373. JUJNIS looy. No. 54. 
Communications and Cases. 
ON THE TITLE OF VETERINARY SURGEON. 
By “ Fiat Justitia.” 
I cannot refrain from expressing my surprise, not un¬ 
mixed with regret, that the title of veterinary surgeon should 
be so prostituted. Moreover, Messrs. Editors, I find that 
occasionally even by yourselves it is applied to those to whom 
it does not really belong. Such things ought not to be, and 
especially ought they to be avoided by those who, placed at 
the helm, might be supposed to have some interest in the 
safety of the vessel. 
I had thought, and I feel assured that the impression is 
common among the members of the profession, that when 
our Charter of Incorporation was obtained, in accordance 
with its laws, the title would have been restricted to those 
who, having been educated at the recognised schools, had 
graduated at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
The vvords of the Charter, I perceive, are: “ And we do 
further declare and grant, that the Veterinary Art, 
as practised by the members of the said body politic and 
corporate, shall be henceforth deemed and taken to be and 
recognised as a profession, and that the members of the said 
body politic and corporate, solely and exclusively of all other 
persons whomsoever, shall be deemed and taken and recog¬ 
nised to be members of the said profession or professors of 
the said art, and shall be individually known and distinguished 
by the name and title of Veterinary Surgeon Thus, un¬ 
questionably, the letter of the law, parts of which I have 
italicized, is with us, whatever the intention might have been. 
xxxii. 41 
