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one of the founders also. To Dr. Busteed is due the foundation of the school, but 
the college sustained itself by its clinical and outside practice. C. C. Grice had no 
other connection with the College, but being one of its censors, a position which he 
occupied with two or three other members of the profession. 
Now, in the same direction Pennsylvania came forward. In 1866 the Pennsyl¬ 
vania College of Veterinary Surgeons obtained its Charter, and issued its first circular 
with the faculty organized as follows : 
Isaiah Mitchener, in the Chair of Theory and Practice. 
R. Jennings, 
do. 
do. 
Pathology and Surgery. 
M. W. Birch, 
do. 
do. 
Materia Medica and Pharmacy. 
J. M. Corat, 
do. 
do. 
Anatomy and Physiology. 
and with a corps of clinical teachers : (J. B. Raynor and T. J. Corbyn.) 
But like Massachusetts, this school was doomed to no real existence—like her also, 
she was a school merely in name, she had no building, no college proper; I am not 
sure that regular lectures were ever given, though they had use of the rooms of the 
Agricultural Society. But nevertheless we may meet with many Diplomas granted 
from that school, which like a few, headed Boston Veterinary Institute, have been 
unjustly and illegally granted, and may be considered worthless. 
These successive efforts in behalf of advancement in these three States, unsuccessful 
as they had been in two, stirred up the enthusiasm of the practitioners over the country, 
and in 1863 in response to a call made through the newspapers, but originally started 
by the initiative of the Philadelphians, many persons interested in Veterinary Med¬ 
icine assembled at the Astor House in New York, on the gth of June, and organized 
the United States Veterinary Medical Association. 
Maine, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey, 
were all prompt to answer to the call, and no less than forty gentlemen placed their 
names on the first roll. The organization took two days, and after the drafting of ihe 
Constitution and By-Laws, Dr. J. Stickney, M. R, C. V. S. L., was unanimously 
elected its first president. 
Meetings have been held ever since yearly, and lately semi-yearly in Boston and 
New York, and many interesting papers read, amongst which 1 may mention those of 
A. S. Copeman, a Compilation on Vital forces—of C. M. Wood on Veterinary Educa¬ 
tion—of Dr. Large on Cerebro-spinal Meningitis—of Dr. Liautard on the same subject 
and on Chronicles of foreign papers—of E. F. Thayer on Parotid Salivary fistula and 
on Texas fever. 
Po these readings has the work of Association so far been limited, not from the 
want of willingness to work or of professional ambition, but from lack of public interest 
and support. Nevertheless, it is bound to be one day an important scientific organiza¬ 
tion, its members number to-day in its thirteenth anniversary nearly forty, who-’are all 
practitioners of Veterinary Medicine, spread all over the country and are well represent¬ 
ed to-day in this hall. 
The importance of Veterinary science now begins to be felt all over the United 
States, and its vital influence upon the general welfare of live stock is soon recognized 
by Agricultural schools. In 1868 the Illinois Industrial University which had been 
chartered in 1867, had amongst its departments a school of Agriculture, and amongst 
its branches a veterinary course, and an endowment of $3,000 for a Veterinary Hall, 
stable, etc. F. W. Prentice, M. R. C. V. S. L. is appointed Professor at the chair of 
Veteiinaiy Science. Ihe curriculum covers the field of veterinary studies. Sick 
