VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
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At Montreal, a course of instruction in French has been added, 
similar in all respects to that in English, which has been heartily sup¬ 
ported by the Government and people of the Province; and it is ex¬ 
pected that before long it will equal in numbers the English department. 
This school possesses a valuable museum, containing skeletons of 
nearly all the domestic animals—dissections, morbid specimens—models 
by Auzox, of the eye, ear, larynx, etc., etc. 
The lecture room is furnished with diagrams, illustrating every 
subject lectured upon. 
The library contains a nucleus of-volumes, embracing most 
of the English and French standard works, which are being constantly 
added to. 
In addition to these two schools, another has been opened in con¬ 
nection with the Agricultural College at Guelph, Mr. E. A. A. Grange 
being Lecturer. I understand that it is not intended to grant degrees 
from this school other than as forming part of the general agricultural 
curriculum. 
Veterinary education in Canada has been greatly assisted by the 
formation of a Veterinarv Medical Association in connection with each 
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of the Colleges, at which papers are read and discussed to the great 
benefit of all attending them. 
A year and a half ago an effort was made, at the instigation of the 
writer, to form a Dominion Association, having for its object the ad¬ 
vancement of the science, and bringing the members of the profession 
together in friendly intercourse, with a view to taking steps to form a 
central body to promote the interests of the profession in the Dominion. 
The proposition met with every encouragement in this Province, 
and ten members of the profession in Ontario expressed the utmost en¬ 
thusiasm, Professor Smith being the only one who introduced the dis¬ 
cordant element, indicated by the following expression: ‘‘A Dominion 
Association should fairly represent the views and interests of the whole 
profession, and not those of any particular locality.” 
Hence we were not surprised to receive the following resolution 
from the Secretary of the Ontario Veterinary Association, said to have 
been passed unanimously at a meeting of the Directors : 
“ That the Veterinary Profession in this country being compara¬ 
tively a young body; and as we have recently formed a Veterinary Med¬ 
ical Association in Ontario, which, so far, appears to meet the require¬ 
ments of the Profession in this Province, it is not expedient just now 
to form a Dominion Association, to become the Corporate Body of the 
Profession in the Dominion.” 
