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tlieir names ; the Y.S. of London usually adding Z, and the Y. 
S. of Edinburgh, Edin. Up till 1844, when the Uoyal College 
of Yeterinary Surgeons came into existence, no other affixes were 
made use of, correctly at least. 
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
This corporation is not a teaching college, as many imagine, 
but the representative body of the profession, chartered by Gov¬ 
ernment and granted certain powers for the purpose of advancing 
and protecting the interests of the profession. 
In 1844, on the application of the following Y.S’s., viz: 
Thomas Turner, William Joseph Goodwin, Thomas Mayer, Sr., 
William Dick, William Sewell, Charles Spooner and James Beart 
Simmonds, a charter was granted to what has since been known 
as the Uoyal College of Yeterinary Surgeons, in which it was de¬ 
clared, that “ the veterinary art, as practiced by the said body poli¬ 
tic and corporate, shall from henceforth be deemed and taken to 
be and recognized as a profession ; and that the members of said 
body politic and corporate, solely and . exclusively of all persons 
whomsoever, shall be deemed and taken and recognized to be 
members of the said profession, or professors of the said art, and 
shall be individually known and distinguished by the name and 
title of Yeterinary Surgeon.” Among other privileges the charter 
empowered the council “ to fix and determine the times, places and 
manner of examining students who shall have been educated at 
the Uoyal Yeterinary College of London, or the Yeterinary Col¬ 
lege of Edinburgh, or such other Yeterinary College as hereinbe¬ 
fore mentioned, and who may be desirous to become members of 
the said body politic and corporate; and for regulating the nature 
and extent of such examinations; and for the appointment of 
persons to examine and determine upon the fitness and qualifica¬ 
tions of such students, as members of the said body politic and 
corporate ; and for fixing and determining the sums of money to 
be paid by such students, either previous to their examinations or 
upon their admission as members of the said body politic and cor¬ 
porate.” “No professor of any or either of such colleges as 
aforesaid, of which the person desirous of becoming a member of 
