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recognise its rights; for I deem it a disgrace to this country that 
young men of education and talent should be deluded into the idea 
that they are entering an honoured profession, especially now we 
have an extended curriculum, and at the end of their training, 
having reached the desired goal, and won the prize, they 
should find the first time their professional services are required 
that they are confronted by the horsebreaker or groom vaunting 
the same distinction as themselves, and discover that the charlatan 
plumed with their title can boast of the patronage and appoint¬ 
ment of the nobles of our land. This cannot exist if you, 
gentlemen, and such as you, will unitedly claim your rights, 
and not allow that apathy to remain, which has existed so 
long amongst us with respect to professional politics. I would 
petition that every existing practitioner not a member of the 
college be registered under some name other than that of 
veterinary surgeon, and that anyone commencing practice under 
any of the existing names of farrier, cow leech, &c., &c., or 
title of veterinary surgeon, not holding the diploma of the 
college, after a given time be summarily proceeded against; then 
if the public were determined to employ such like they would 
do so with the knowledge of who and what they were. 
Consultation with Nonqualified Men .—Are we as members 
of a profession to meet non-qualified practitioners in consultations, 
or is it the opinion of the majority that on no consideration are 
we to countenance them ? It is very difficult to draw the 
line, as many of our clients make a practice of employing such 
men for minor operations and trivial cases until something 
turns up which none expected, and then we are hurriedly called, 
and in some cases perforce have to consult with the attendant; 
we cannot refuse when summoned under such circumstances, or 
if we do, perhaps, it is at great pecuniary loss. I cannot, 
therefore, see our way out of the difficulty under existing cir¬ 
cumstances. 
Professional Etiquette .—It is most necessary for the de¬ 
velopment of our profession that this should be most rigidly 
observed, for if we act as, and treat each other as gentlemen, so 
will the public learn to treat us. I think that meetings of this 
kind are very conducive to this end, and, finally, we may learn 
to maintain a veterinary surgeon’s honour as our own, and be 
careful not to injure it ourselves, or knowingly suffer it to be done 
by others if we can prevent it, but boldly repel the slanderer of 
his good name. 
The address elicited the warm approval of those present. 
The President next introduced the essayist of the evening, 
Thos. Greaves, Esq., of Manchester, who read a valuable and 
