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examiners. Having been in existence some eighty years, if 
they were not in their own ranks able to furnish an Examiner 
on such an elementary subject as anatomy, they could 
scarcely hold up their heads in public. Anatomy was taught 
in a very elementary manner in their schools, there being no 
time to teach it thoroughly. He maintained there were 
men in their profession perfectly competent to examine 
students on the knowledge of anatomy they might have 
acquired in the short period during which they had studied 
anatomy. If they did not support their own profession, 
depend upon it they would not receive much encouragement 
from the public. 
Mr. Greaves agreed that the time had come when they 
should cease to be in leading strings, especially at the tables 
of anatomy and physiology, pathology of the horse and 
pathology of cattle. At the chemistry table they might still 
continue to be indebted to the sister profession, but as to the 
other subjects, men might be found in their own profession 
more competent than the teachers at any of the medical 
schools. 
Professor Simonds said he should be exceedingly sorry to 
allow one word to escape him which might be thought in 
any way to reflect upon the profession to which he belonged, 
but at the same time he could not sit quiet after the remarks 
that had been made. He could not accept the statement 
that anatomy was only superficially taught in the schools. 
They had a special professor of anatomy, namely, Mr. 
Pritchard, who certainly occupied a distinguished position in 
the profession, and was a very excellent anatomist. With 
regard to finding men in their profession to become ex¬ 
aminers of anatomy, some members seemed to think that the 
profession as a profession stood in a very high position with 
regard to the sciences of anatomy, physiology, and pathology. 
The men who were most efficient in anatomy as veterinary 
surgeons were the men of yesterday. Once let men get into 
practice, and in a very short time they lost all knowledge of 
the details of anatomy, and unless a man had these details at 
his fingers’ ends, he was of no use whatever as an examiner 
upon anatomy. Physiology could only be examined upon by 
physiologists, and he held that they as a profession were 
totally incompetent to examine students upon physiology. 
If this were so, and he challenged any individual present to 
deny it, they ought to look to a profession where they could 
find men ready to give their assistance as examiners upon 
anatomy and physiology. What they had hitherto to com¬ 
plain of was this, that the anatomists they had had knew 
