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D. MCEACHRAN. 
I have been asked by a professional gentleman in New York 
to reply to a number of questions having special application to 
another member who it is claimed wrongly uses certain letters 
appended to his name. Having no wish to interfere in their per¬ 
sonal quarrels on the subject, yet being desirous that the profes¬ 
sion in America should know the rights of professional titles, I 
take the liberty of placing the following facts before them, through 
the columns of the Review : 
THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
GREAT COLLEGE STREET, CAMDEN TOWN, LONDON. 
This teaching college was founded in 1791, and from that time 
up to the present has had the power to issue diplomas to qualified 
students, who had the right to call themselves Veterinary Surgeons, 
and affix the initial letters V.S. to their names. I think, how¬ 
ever, that this examination and diploma has been discontinued 
since the charter was granted to the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, and hence we find all the students of the Royal Vet¬ 
erinary College, London, are members of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons and use the letters M.R.C.V.S., in conse¬ 
quence. 
THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
This college properly dates from 1819, a year after Professor 
Dick obtained the diploma of the Royal Veterinary College. Its 
connection with the Highland and Agricultural Society, however, 
dates only from 1823, when that Society, recognizing the useful¬ 
ness of the young and struggling school, extended their patronage 
to it, and undertook the appointing of the Examining Board and 
granting certificates of qualification. 
The success of the Edinburgh Veterinary College was thus 
assured, and the Society’s certificate was accepted both by the 
British Government and the India House on the same footing as 
the diploma of the London school, both being eligible for com¬ 
missions in their respective armies. The graduates of Edinburgh 
also styled themselves Veterinary Surgeons and affixed VS. to 
