834 NECESSITY OF MICROSCOPIC DEMONSTRATIONS. 
are not legally constituted veterinary surgeons, and therefore 
can neither sue nor be sued, nor are they entitled to the 
emoluments and distinctions of such as are members of the 
body corporate. 
It is of no use for those who hold the Highland Society’s 
certificate arguing about the examinations at the Edinburgh 
College, or the position or attainments of some of their 
number; their abilities have never been questioned. I 
would ask them, as men of discernment and understanding, 
men who can appreciate the sentiments of the human heart, 
whether it is not more likely that prejudice exists where per¬ 
sonal and pecuniary interests are involved rather than with 
those who seek for union simply on the ground of friendship. 
Why, then, stand aloof from the Body Corporate ? Why 
not make our profession one in heart and body? Why 
countenance the perpetuation of discord among us? Come 
and grace the table of a reunion , with hearts true, noble, 
and kind. 
THE NECESSITY OF MICROSCOPIC DEMON¬ 
STRATIONS. 
By W. H. Crowhurst, M.R.C.V.S., Peasmarsh. 
I cannot refrain any longer, after hearing Professor 
Spooner in his introductory address speak so highly of the 
use of the microscope and of the study of histology, from 
suggesting that one of the best microscopes that London can 
produce be placed at the College for the benefit of the 
students, and also the professor himself. If properly managed 
by one or other of the professors, the students would learn 
considerably more thereby than by all the diagrams ima¬ 
ginable. The College may truly be said to take a high posi¬ 
tion; standing, indeed, second to none as a school of veterinary 
medicine and a hospital for animals; and it is fitting that 
within its walls the students should be enabled to micro¬ 
scopically examine and study both the fluids and solids 
of the body. They hear of this being done, and are in¬ 
structed by some of the teachers in the revelations of the 
microscope, but many of the students neither possess a 
good instrument nor have sufficient opportunities of ex¬ 
amining for themselves either healthy or diseased structures. 
I am sorry that I had not the opportunity when at 
College of thus investigating the various tissues of the 
body, although I was informed thereof, and instructed by 
