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Then, as to physiology. The lecturer on that subject in 
the veterinary college is the lecturer on the same subject in 
Toronto Medical College. Unprejudiced minds will at once 
admit that in this regard the Toronto students occupy the 
better position. For, however excellent the lectures on 
physiology are at McGill’s College, they are and must be 
lectures on human physiology, not calculated to supply the 
special needs of veterinary students. While the Toronto 
students are guaranteed by the fact of the two lectureships 
being filled by the same gentlemen of the same ability, 
being at their service as that commanded by medical stu¬ 
dents, they have a course of lectures more suitable than can 
be got at any medical college. 
For what may be termed veterinary physiology has many 
points of difference from human physiology. To claim 
credit for this method of teaching physiology to veterinary 
students is only a little less absurd than to claim credit for 
teaching anatomy in the same way. What would be thought 
of a veterinary college which made no provision for special 
instruction in anatomy, but whose students had “ the great 
privilege of attending the lectures on anatomy delivered in 
a medical school or even university ? ” A proper knowledge 
of veterinary anatomy could not be gained thus, nor can a 
proper acquaintance with the physiology we require be 
obtained without special provision therefor. At the same 
time, if any veterinary student in Toronto wishes to attend 
the lectures given in the medical college, he is at perfect 
liberty to do so. 
In the next paragraph, Mr. Steel—again through ignor¬ 
ance we cannot doubt—implies that while the Quebec Col¬ 
lege has written examinations, the Ontario College has not, 
the fact being that for years the latter institution has put its 
students to the above test, as well as the customary oral one. 
The only other point of preference as stated is that the 
college located in the Province of Quebec asks three ses¬ 
sions instead of two. In an old country like England this 
is very desirable. But it must be remembered that our 
country is new, and that the demand from all parts of the 
continent for good veterinarians to take the place of char¬ 
latans is very great. Remembering this, and the fact that 
Toronto requires her graduates to spend their vacation with 
a veterinary surgeon, it is not surprising that many parts of 
the country prefer the services of a gentleman from loronto 
to one who has passed through the more ornamental (so far 
as the curriculum is concerned) course at Montreal. 
Reference is made to the somewhat unpleasant feeling 
