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in his address took a comprehensive view of the whole range 
of human knowledge, and pointed out the relations which 
exist between the different divisions of science. A large 
class was in attendance ; and everything promised well for 
the success of the new system of dividing the educational 
year into two portions instead of, as hitherto, leaving a long 
period of unoccupied time at the disposal of the students. 55 
The British Medical Journal, in commenting on the “ New 
Movement at the Royal Veterinary College, 55 says: 
The Governors of this College, sensible of the deficien¬ 
cies of their institution, are at length making a sincere effort 
to raise the standard of professional education in the depart¬ 
ment of medical science which they represent. It is almost 
unnecessary for us to state that we sympathise with the 
movement; the more so, since the veterinary calling stands 
at a much higher level in France and Germany than it does 
with ourselves. The governors have elected Mr. Brown, 
V.S., to the chair of general and comparative physiology; 
and they have secured the services of Dr. Cobbold, F.R.S., 
for the delivery of a summer course of medical botany. Mr. 
Brown was formerly attached to the Cirencester College, and 
by common consent holds a high place in his profession. 
The summer term (in itself a novelty) was opened on May 
1st by Principal Simonds, the inaugural discourse being 
delivered by the lecturer on botany. Mr. Brown gave his 
introductory address on the following day, the whole staff of 
the College being present on both occasions. On Friday, 
the 3rd instant, Dr. Cobbold met his class, about seventy in 
number, on Hampstead Heath, when a large number of wild 
plants were gathered and described. He also took occasion 
to point out the geological features of the neighbourhood, 
and the causes concerned in the formation of the Thames 
Valley. Various pond snails were likewise collected, for the 
purpose of explaining to the students the nature of the 
parasites which live in them, and the genetic relations sub¬ 
sisting between these larval entozoa and the flukes that give 
rise to the tf rot 5 or liver disease of the sheep. Mr. Tuson, 
F.C.S., Mr. Axe, Mr. Grindrod, of St. Mary’s Hospital, and 
other gentlemen, lent their support on the occasion. On 
Monday the examiners, office-bearers, and members of the 
College, dined together at the London Tavern ; the Scotch 
schools being represented on the occasion by Principal Wil¬ 
liams, of the Edinburgh Veterinary College.” 
We have referred more than once to the subject of the 
