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le writer was present at the meeting of the said association 
len the important question of veterinary education was dis- 
ssed, and unless we be very much mistaken, no “ rebuke ” in 
the sense intimated by Dr. W. was intended for any particular 
liege, or the method of instruction practised at that college; 
d moreover, it is obvious from the manner in which that “ cir- 
lar, or letter,” was received by “ the other veterinary schools 
d colleges in the United States and Canada,” that no insult was 
: ered. 
“ The profession in Ohio,” as Dr. Detmers says, “ ranks with 
\t of any other State,” and its members are not so blissfully 
lorant as to suppose that the “ said veterinary college ” is the 
ly one that turns out graduates, some of whom are only par- 
lly educated. Their object was not to insult nor to rebuke, 
t was to expedite the consummation of a higher standard of 
ierinary education in America; for with them it is a perspicu- 
3 fact that in many of the colleges the so-called matriculatory 
unination is a farce and a disgrace; that the course of study 
not only the “ said veterinary college,” but also in many others 
antirely too brief, and that men are graduated from all of them 
o are a disgrace to our noble profession in more ways than 
a 
Um 
Let us be done with these foolish personalities and exert our 
nost influence to persuade all the schools and colleges to adopt 
i suggestions offered by the Ohio State Veterinary Medical 
sociation, not only in their “ announcements,” but in reality. 
Yours very respectfully, 
L. S. Butler, Y.S. 
OBITUARY. 
— 
T. SPENCER COBBOLD, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 
This esteemed and well-known member of the medical pro- 
don, died on the 20th of March last. He was principally 
>wn to veterinarians as a lecturer to the Veterinary College of 
ldon, and for his excellent works on the Parasites of Domestic 
imals. 
