THE 
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VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XLY 
No. 536. 
SEPTEMBER, 1872. 
Fourth Series. 
No. 212. 
Communications and Cases. 
THE APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL EXAMINEES 
TO VETERINARY EXAMINING BOARDS. 
By George Fleming, M.R.C.V.S., Royal Engineers. 
In the Veterinarian for August there is a leading article 
on the “ Appointment of Medical Examiners,” and also a 
very meagre and imperfect report of the discussion which 
took place on this subject at the last Quarterly Meeting of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
W ith respect to the report I have nothing to say, except to 
remark that it does not fairly represent what was expressed; 
or rather, it fails to give all the principal points of what was 
said at the meeting as to the appointment of medical men to 
officiate at veterinary examining boards: This is to be re¬ 
gretted ; indeed, this regret is of long standing. A reporter 
is paid at a high rate out of the funds of the Royal College, 
and yet the profession gleans only the most imperfect and 
fragmentary knowledge of what is said or done at these 
meetings. Any ordinary penman, any secretary, should be 
able to furnish more and put it in a better form. As it is, 
but little information is conveyed, and that not always cor¬ 
rect, as to what transpires at the Council Board; and out¬ 
siders must often wonder what really has been accomplished, 
and whether the speakers were in their senses, understood 
the meaning of their words, or knew what was being dis¬ 
cussed. It has been frequently insisted upon that these reports 
should be published at greater length, and from the shorthand 
reporter’s notes. Undoubtedly, the profession has every right 
to know what takes place at these meetings, how the discus- 
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