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of education in institutions they so loosely charter. We do not 
find any Board of Investigation, the duty of which is to examine 
into the character and qualifications of the teachers in such an in¬ 
stitution. We do not find the State equal to its duties, and guar¬ 
anteeing to the people qualified men whom they can trust and rely 
upon in the days of trial and affliction. On the contrary, we find 
the State of New York chartering or allowing to reorganize— 
under what right an old charter can be taken up by an entirely 
new body of men the writer could never understand—a defunct 
institution under the title of the “New York Veterinary College,” 
with authority to grant the title u Veterinary Surgeon” to its 
graduates. We find such title given to a person after only six 
months ’ st udy : we find the wisdom of o ur solons , the responsibility 
of the State Fathers of the State of New York, exemplified in 
chartering an institution for teaching and giving certificates of 
qualification, ivith one of its leading men branded before the entire 
country as a swindler, as a liar, as a misrepresenter of every prin¬ 
ciple which renders the science and practice of medicine honorable. 
For the proof of the truth of these assertions, see Veterinary 
Journal, London, vol. 7, pp. 210, 212, under the headings u Spuri¬ 
ous Titles,” “ Borrowed Plumes;” see further the numerous articles 
in the Turf, Field and Farm, New York, for the last six months 
with reference to the same matter; see further, Hospital Gazette, 
New York, March 15,1878, article entitled “ New York College 
of Veterinary Surgeons,” p. 128, and read the evidence of the 
disgraceful ignorance with which we charter or incorporate insti¬ 
tutions for medical education in the United States of America. It 
may be said by other ignorant persons, that that is only in refer¬ 
ence to an institution for the education of “ horse doctors,” to 
which we answer, that under existing circumstances the same is 
equally possible in reference to institutions for educating “ human 
doctors.” As to the usual slur with reference to “ horse doctors,’ 
we personally throw the gauntlet in the competitive lists of the 
medical profession in the United States, that we will do as good 
work, as scientific work, as original work, as the very best of them 
or die in the attempt, and that we have an education second to 
none of them, considering the length of time which we have 
