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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNAL'S. 
VETERINARY SCIENCE IN AMERICA. 
To the Editors of the Veterinarian. 
Dear Sirs, —In the January number of the Veterinarian for 
1880 I noticed a paper, contributed by lohn H. Steel, M. R. C. 
Y. S., F. Z. S., Ac., which finished up as follows :—“ If any 
American reader notes errors let him be assured that we shall be 
anxious to correct our statements when proven to be in the wrong.” 
Thanks for the privilege. That the writer has been misled by 
the unjust, unfair, and prejudicial statements of the editor of the 
American Veterinary Review is quite apparent. That errors and 
omissions occur will readily be detected by the impartial “ Amer¬ 
ican reader.” I very willingly accord all due credit to Prof. A. 
Liautard for his praiseworthy efforts in the advancement of vet¬ 
erinary science in this country. It should be recollected, how¬ 
ever, that at the time he came to the United States the rough road 
travelled by his predecessors was made comparatively smooth, leav¬ 
ing him an easy victory. That I may present the subject fairly and 
impartially to the readers of the Veterinarian , permit me to go 
back to the early history of veterinary advancement in the City of 
Philadelphia. My father, Robert Jennings, was the first to pub¬ 
licly advocate the cause of veterinary science in this country. He 
was not a graduated veterinary surgeon, but had read medicine 
for several years, and being well posted in comparative anatomy, 
commenced in the winter of 1846 a course of veterinary lectures 
to a class of medical students in the City of Philadelphia, which 
was continued during the sessions of the medical colleges for sev¬ 
eral years. In 1850 he conceived the idea of organizing a veter¬ 
inary college. He made known his plans to Austin Miller, M.R. 
C. Y. S., and John Scott, M. R. C. Y. S., (the only graduated Y. 
S. in the city,) both of whom regarded the movement as premat¬ 
ure, giving it the cold shoulder. He now laid his scheme before 
Prof. Wm. Gibson, of the Pennsylvania Medical University, and 
Prof. James Bryan, of the Philadelphia Medical College, both of 
