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DISEASES OF CATTLE IN IRELAND. 
Will not tlie public generally hold us higher in its esti¬ 
mation if we can conduct these simple examinations our¬ 
selves, rather than run to chemists and druggists for 
assistance. We all admit that the great aim of the 
veterinary profession is to raise its standing in the 
estimation of the public, and is this not most effectually 
to be accomplished by enforcing longer attendance at the 
College, and greater application to such matters as these 
under discussion ? Again, pathologically, practical chemistry 
is of great assistance in many ways, in the examination 
of urine par example, though I must admit that disorders 
of the urinary organs of the horse are not so numerous 
and complicated as those of the human subject; yet I am 
inelined to think that if examinations of the urine were more 
frequently made, we should be able oftener to satisfy our¬ 
selves as to the nature of certain obscure diseases we occa¬ 
sionally meet with. 
If the veterinary student will but take an interest in this 
all-important branch of veterinary science, he will find in 
afterlife very many opportunities for applying his knowledge 
of simple practical analysis. I hold also that it would be 
much better for the modern veterinary practitioner were he 
to thoroughly understand the examination of oil cake, super¬ 
phosphate, guano, and artificial manures generally; besides, 
if a man understands chemistry, there are many ways in 
which he can not only raise himself in the opinion of the 
public, but pass a spare hour now and then pleasantly and 
profitably, as in the chemical examination of bread, milk, 
sugar, and many other common things which are being daily 
proved to be adulterated to a frightful extent with all sorts 
of deleterious matter. 
[While we fully agree with the opinions expressed by Mr. 
Broad relative to the desirability of veterinary students pur¬ 
suing a course of laboratory instruction in analytical che¬ 
mistry, and while we desire to congratulate that gentleman 
on the success which has attended his endeavours to turn to 
practical and profitable account the chemical knowledge he 
possesses, we nevertheless believe that anyone desirous of 
assuming the duties of an analytical chemist, must have a 
far greater experience in practical chemistry than can by 
any possibility be acquired by a pupil during the allotted 
period of study in any veterinary school, English or foreign. 
Moreover, we fear that, unless the professional engagements 
of veterinary surgeons are much fewer than they or we could 
wish them to be, the care, time and attention, analytical 
