VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
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in connection with an agricultural college, it was vigorously 
assailed by some, but its growth has been steady and its 
graduates have taken high rank. 
In 1883, the Chicago Veterinary College was chartered, 
being organized by Dr. A. H. Baker and others. This same 
year a veterinary department was added to Harvard Uni¬ 
versity with Dr. Lyman at its head. In 1884 the University 
of Pennsylvania followed suit by organizing a similar depart¬ 
ment under the charge of Dr. R. S. Huidekoper. Prior to 
this, about 1882, Dr. C. C. Lyford and some associates organ¬ 
ized at Minneapolis a veterinary college in connection with 
one of the medical schools. This continued until 1890, when 
the work stopped. About 1889, a department of veterinary 
medicine was added to the Ohio State University with Prof. 
H. J. Detmers in charge. The fall of 1890 saw the establish¬ 
ment of a similar department in the University of Minne¬ 
sota with Dr. Sch vvartzkopff as dean. This department 
gave instruction for about two years when it was discon¬ 
tinued. The opening of the National Veterinary College in 
Washington is known to all of us. During this year a col¬ 
lege called the Kansas City Veterinary College was started 
at Kansas City, Missouri. Since 1890 several colleges have 
been organized in different parts of the country some of 
which are still in operation, and some of which have sus¬ 
pended. Within the past few years most of the agricultural 
and mechanical colleges have added a chair of veterinary 
science to their faculties, and many of the experiment stations 
have a veterinarian on the working staff, in some instances 
the professor of veterinary science is also veterinarian to the 
station, and in others the two positions are distinct. 
With the exception, possibly, of a few schools of which I 
have no information, such is briefly the history of our veteri¬ 
nary institutions. It will be noticed that while quite early in 
the history of the country the wealth invested in domestic 
animals was great, veterinary schools were slow to be estab¬ 
lished and were not well patronized when once started ; that 
the interest in, and the facilities for obtaining a veterinary 
education did not advance nearly as rapidly as many other 
