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j. LAW. 
This last remark is suggestive of the true remedy for the pres¬ 
ent undesirable state of things. Both branches of medicine suffer 
from separation. Each is necessary to the rapid progress and 
highest advancement of the other. The obvious necessity is, that 
both should be taught in the same institution. While this will 
secure breadth, fulness, and soundness in the instruction, it will 
attain still another desirable end—the teaching of both at a 
cheaper rate. Much of the ground gone over by the student of. 
human medicine must also be covered by that of veterinary med¬ 
icine. Many subjects may, therefore, be taught to a large mixed 
class of students of. those two branches, thereby saving the time 
and expense of two teachers, while the increased numbers and 
greater resources will enable the institution to make this one 
course much more effective than any two such courses, delivered by 
different men, in distinct colleges, and with less perfect appliances. 
It is only when the medical and veterinary students enter on the 
study of those subjects which are peculiar to the practice of the 
two branches of medicine and surgery, that they must study in 
distinct classes and under special teachers. 
Before leaving this subject, one other remark on the words of 
the Medical Examiner is demanded. The full advantage to the 
medical profession from association with the veterinary, is only 
to be obtained by the experimental investigation of disease. In 
practice, the veterinarian has rarely any advantage over the phy¬ 
sician of man, in the power of sacrificing the sick in the interests 
of science or of changing the environment and conditions of life. 
To av ail of this, provision must be made for a certain expenditure 
for experimental purposes, and any such outlay with competent 
scientific supervision, must prove of the greatest advantage to 
both physician and veterinarian. 
ADVANTAGES OF THE DOUBLE QUALIFICATION (MEDICAL AND VETERINARY) TO 
COUNTRY PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR PAUL NTS. 
The association of human and veterinary medicine in one 
educational establishment would render it easy for young men 
looking forward to a country practice to extend their curriculum, 
so as to secure degrees as “human” and “animal” physicians. 
