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THE VETERINARIAN, DECEMBER 1, 18G4. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROFESSION. 
We invite attention to the “ communications ” of our 
present number, which, apart from some interesting and 
instructive reports of cases of disease, are of a nature to 
demand much thought and consideration. It will be seen 
that they deal with subjects of vital importance to the suc¬ 
cess of any calling, viz., the education, the position, and 
the prospects, of its members. 
Our present issue being, however, the “ index number,” 
we are compelled to rest satisfied with a few passing remarks 
on some of these questions; for were we to attempt to 
discuss any one of them in extenso, we should have to 
draw far too largely on our limited space, and perhaps also 
on the patience of our readers. A necessity for the special 
education of the student of any art or science being made 
as perfect as possible will not, we opine, be questioned ; 
most assuredly not by any true friend to its advancement. 
The means to accomplish the end may, however, be a 
debateable question, as men are found to widely differ as to 
what in reality constitutes an improved education. Some 
contend that all improvement rests upon a better practical 
acquaintance with the subject, while others affirm that a 
more perfect knowledge of its fundamental truths is alone 
required. We do not stop to discuss these postulates on 
general principles, but pass on to remark upon the special 
recommendation put forth by Mr. Crowhurst for the better 
instruction of the students of veterinary medicine. 
However desirable it may be for microscopical demon¬ 
strations of healthy and diseased structures to be made for 
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the complete understanding of the sciences of anatomy and 
pathology, it is almost practically impossible for them to 
be efficiently carried out in a class of upwards of one 
hundred students. We know of no school of medicine in 
