REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION. 265 
REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION. 
Industrial University, ) 
Urbana, Illinois. ) 
Editor American Veterinary Review: 
Dear Sir :—Will you please publish the inclosed list of members 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, which is official, being the 
same as is published in the Register of the R. C. V. S. for 1877. It 
seems to be necessary to us, as surgeons, that the public should be fully 
aware as to who are qualified, and who are not. Only the other day I 
received a request from a qualified German veterinary surgeon who is 
practicing in Chicago, and in his letter to me he stated that there were 
quite a number of men who styled themselves M. R. C. V. S., and on 
looking over the Register which was sent him, that not one of them ap¬ 
peared on the list, and he stated furthermore that one or two of them 
had had the impertinence to go into courts of law and swear themselves 
as qualified Veterinary surgeons. Such men as those have a great tend¬ 
ency, by their false representations, to very much lower our profession 
in the eye of the public. Still another case can be mentioned. A fellow 
came to our neighboring town (Champaign), and stated that he was a 
graduate of the Edinburgh Veterinary College. On searching their 
Register, no such name is found amongst her alumni. 
Yours truly, 
F. W. Prentice. 
Mr. 
Thomas Simpson Beech. 
.1835 
John Bretherton. 
.U. S. 
.1858 
« 
George F. Bolton. 
.U. S. 
.1869 
u 
Josh Bushman. 
.1862 
u 
John Clark. 
.U. S. 
.1854 
u 
John Clemenson. 
.U. S. 
.1843 
u 
Josh B. Coleman. 
.N. Y. 
.1869 
u 
Lawrence H. Cosier. 
.U. S. 
.1870 
iC 
William Frater. 
.u. s. 
.1830 
<1 
John T. Frazer. 
.Rochester. 
.1876 
u 
}. W. Gadsden. 
.1858 
<< 
Charles Gardner. 
.1844 
<« 
S. Going. 
.1870 
a 
J. Gregson. 
.Pa., U. S. 
.1845 
it 
Edward Haggard. 
.u. s. 
.1839 
a 
Alex. Halket. 
.u. s. 
.1840 
Those marked * are deceased. 
