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A. A. HOLCOMBE. 
of a testicle. About three inches below the anus a slit commenced, 
which extended down to the anterior border of the pelvis, was an inch 
and a half deep, and lined with mucous membrane. The glans penis 
was well developed except that it was imperforate. Instead of being 
ensheathed in the prepuce, which was entirely closed, it was situated at 
the anterior or inferior commissure of the mucous lined slit, which was 
apparently a vulva. The urethra passed over the ischial arch, and 
emptied at the superior commissure of the false vulva, and the only 
thing remarkable about the case was the failure upon the part of nature 
to close the urethra all the way to the glans penis, while the prepuce 
was imperforate, and the testicles but slightly developed. 
A. A. Holcombe, D.V.S. 
Remarks.— The vice of conformation above described is undoubt¬ 
edly a case of hypospadias, consisting in the malformation of the ure¬ 
thra which remained open at the inferior border of the penis, instead of 
extending to the head of the organ. When the opening is situated near 
the root of the penis, the scrotum is sometimes divided on the median 
me, and presents on the sides folds which resemble a vulva, and thus 
has the individual been looked upon as a hermaphrodite. Hypospadias 
is the result of an arrest in the development of the penis during the 
first months of gestation. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
Editor Veterinary Review: 
I met Mr. Stalker, of Iowa, in New York early in 1876. I remem- 
ClKlIi'f tr o J V 1* t • I respect him for his 
ability, and believe him a worthy member of the profession to which he 
has been lately admitted. But did he earn, as others must, except at 
Toronto, the degree which he now wears ? Dr. McEachran was right 
m his criticisms upon the subject, and will receive the support of all 
who believe in raising the standard of our profession to where it belongs 
rhe curriculum of the American Veterinary College says a “certificate 
tinee years study of medicine,” and “attendance upon two full 
courses of medical lectures ” are necessary before the students can apply 
for the diploma of the school. Mr. S. attendld but a part of a course 
ectures at: this college, as he himself indirectly acknowledges in his 
letter m the July number of the Review. 
