VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
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In the private schools, the course of instruction extends 
through two sessions of a little less than six months each. 
The course is not graded and a low standing is in many cases 
sufficient for entrance. The subjects taught in this class of 
colleges are similar in each, and the following list, taken from 
the latest catalogue of the Chicago Veterinary College, will 
serve as a sample : Theory and practice of veterinary medi¬ 
cine, anatomy, chemistry, physiology, materia medica, hel¬ 
minthology, veterinary surgery, obstetrics, lameness, shoeing 
and examination for soundness, hygiene and management of 
diseased animals. 
In the schools connected with State institutions, and also 
in the American Veterinary College and McGill University, 
the course of instruction extends over three sessions. In the 
State schools these sessions are eight months each, thus 
making the time actually twice as long as in the private 
schools. The work is graded, examinations being held at the 
close of each year. Students must pass an entrance examina¬ 
tion if it be not otherwise shown that the applicant is compe¬ 
tent to carry on the work. To graduate, the student must 
have passed an examination on every subject taught with a 
grade of seventy-five per cent, or more. The subjects taught 
in these schools are similar in each. 
The following list, taken from the catalogue of the Iowa 
Agricultural and Mechanical College Veterinary Department, 
will serve as an illustration : 
First Year. —Anatomy, English language, histology, prin¬ 
ciples of heredity, elementary botany, veterinary medicine, 
physiology, zoology, military drill, dissection and clinics, 
library work. 
Second Year .—Pharmaceutical botany, chemistry (general), 
materia medica, physiology, composition, zoology, anatomy, 
chemistry, veterinary medicine, ophthalmology, pathology, 
(general), animal parasites, dissection and clinics, military drill. 
Third Year. Bacteriology, chemistry (toxicology, etc.), 
pathology, composition, therapeutics, veterinary medicine, 
(principles and practice), operative surgery, surgery (general), 
anatomy, obstetrics, examinations for soundness, shoeing, 
principles of animal nutrition, clinics, thesis. 
