836 THE TRAINING OF VETERINARY STUDENTS. 
rated, may be selected f< the yellow colouration of the 
Schneiderian membrane and bleeding from the nostrils, 
ecchymoses on the intestinal and renal lining membrane, 
ulcers in the alimentary canal, enlargement of the spleen, 
and crupous deposits on the respiratory mucous membrane.” 
Although this disease prevails in association with yellow 
fever of man, this cannot be considered sufficient to establish 
their identity. Hitherto no cases of communication of yellow 
fever from man to animals have been observed, and we must 
wait for such a confirmation before we shall admit into 
veterinary science yellow fever to be classed with the con¬ 
tagious disorders .—Bepertorium der Thierheilkunde , 4 Heft, 
1880. 
THE TRAINING OF VETERINARY STUDENTS. 
Bv Professor Walley. 
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Edinburgh ; Nov . 16 th , 1880. 
Sir, —In the published reports of two meetings of the 
profession recently held, viz. that of the North of England 
Veterinary Medical Association, and that of the Council of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, remarks of mine 
in reference to the training of veterinary students are 
reported, which without a little explanation may by some 
be taken in a light other than that which I intended; and, 
in passing, I would observe that I think in all reports of 
discussions of the kind there should be no curtailing of the 
statements made by those who take part in them, as such 
a proceeding is apt to lead to wrong inferences. 
At the first meeting mentioned, I am reported to have 
said that “ as a ride the sons of veterinary surgeons and 
practical men make the worst students.” Now, I am not 
conscious of having made such a sweeping statement; cer¬ 
tainly my intention was to assert that “very frequently , 
instead of as a rule, the sons of veterinary surgeons, &c. 
and at the Council meeting I distinctly said, “ I had seen 
four and a half years’ practice before entering college, and 
when I became a student I felt I had to a large extent com¬ 
menced the wrong way, and that I had much to unlearn/’ 
The expressions attributed to me in the report would, if 
they were literally true, have been a poor compliment to my 
preceptors for whose instructions I have much to be thankful 
