The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-21


tsnt Dosidoraaum Supplied.
Last year tho Legislature Of this State supplied sr,
dssideratam In the incorporation OF the College Of vets
rinary Surgeons OF New York. The result that hand
some three story brick and brown stone building called
the Veterinary College Institute" just been com
peeed for ~ accommodation, on the corner Of Twenty
third street aud sixth avenue capable OF accommodating
y borses IN tho most superior manner containing spa
cious stalls, thoroughly ventilated and comfortable and
with as much light az usually admitted into the human
dwelling Tho Institute designed 70 teach both the
theory and practice Of medicine for the horse-o have
museum, ossec'ing room and 9 lecture room for the
anatomy pm, soogy pathology and diseases OF ami
NAL and for ths propagation Of useful knowledge a. re-
CARDS his management In health prevent disease
and TO derive oil tho benefit from tho horse Of which he
capableto furnish reliable Information a. regards the
breeding OF the animal to enable the public 70 oh.
tain the best stock and perpeaate and lastly 10 have
model range OF stables 70 teach BY practical example
how tho horse ought 70 be taken or 70 exhibit
those improvements which art has invented better his
condition.
Medical colleges for there are In abundance but a
yet for the horse there has been mono In this country
with the exception Of Boston, which proved fall
ure The want now supplied far as this city Il con-
oernod and beginning " made which, II ia hoped will
extend 70 every part Of the country Quackery Of the
q
hghtened treatment Is naugurated. To Captain Rassou
great credit duo for this result He has .,bored for
years TO bring 1t about Some years a,ce committee OF
the Legislature Of this State reported as follows
That tho great importance Of the science and practice Of
tho veterinary art will be universally admitted and there
some considerations pertaining 10 this subject that
seem 70 call with much force for the establishmont or
STATE institution for the Improvement OF this art II can
not put DC that the treatment OF disease among
the domestic animals s founded on scontac prnci
pies, and too often conhded to hands neither sfu nor
humane; and u cannot be doubted that careful inquiry
into the principles Of the veterinary would lead to bet
ter remedies and more rational satisfactory mode
Of applying them.
This report is oil very true, but practical movement
followed upon it, TIL length Captain Ralston has
succeeded in obtaining the act incorporating the veter
nary College, and organizing the institution in Twenty
third street.
In this country above all other civilized nations the
horse stands preeminent in numbers proportion 10 the
population well as in the general Of the animal by
the people, and in the high admiration in which 1t is held
In this State there nearly average of one horse TO
every family FIVE inhabitants IN Great Britain there ia
only to every twelve thirteen In France
the proportion Is less and IN other countries Of Europe
statistics show that the ratio is still smaller between men
and horses Yet in England and France tbere are nume.
veterinary institutions, and many most sklNnl
practitioners OF the art while here there schools
and very few persons thoroughly qualified TO treat the
horse In France the profession occupies very high
ground, and its advantages and benefits have been
demonstrated in the most manner No country
in the world can surpass this in the means and facilities
Of raising the finest horses. By the establishment OF
scientific veterinary institutions the lives many valuable
animals will be saved For want Of them thousands Of
horses lost or rendered comparatively worthless
The New York College Of Veterinary Surgeons as cor
porated, consists Of the following: FacultyJohn
Campbell Ralston, " s. and NJ R. C. v. g. &c. Professor
Of Veterinary Theory and Practice Presidents John Bus
tecd NJ D., Professor Of Veterinary Anatomy end Sur
gerry; r. Ogden Doremus, NJ D., Professor OF Chemistry
and hateria hedica, New York Medical College, Gen.
sors-Professor Parker NJ D., Professors Mott Draper
and Van Buren,, NJ. D., University Medical College:
Professors Horace Green, Carnochan and Davis,
NJ d., New York Medical College. The first an
nunl course Of lectures is TO commence immedi-
ately There is complete set Of the very finest coored
anatomical plates Of the horse. Capt Ralston will give
series of lectures the HORSES and shoeing stable
pair Of bellows in the establishment and model shoes
exhibited which will not nure the or interfere
| with its growth and development.
The stables so drained by perforaons through the
floors that the beds Of the animals hardly ever al
lowed to be wet and, when damp, they are thoroughly
dried in room through which pipe containing hot air
passss. The stables kept sufficiently warm by the
same process for they large and airy that art
fetal heat 10 needed in cold weather.
The whole establishment which has alrcadv a con-
siderable number Of horses is almost as neat
and clean a dwelling house. Tho stall Is
arranged that the feed and water are supplied at
the horses head and from the outside by opening trap
door, so that is not necessary to enter his all
BY this means much time is saved and risk avoided in the
case of vicious animals There three compartments
in the manager one for hay for oats other feed
one for water. Each stall is ventilated by chimney
medatey It, The stalls are all sheeted with iron to
prevent the horses biting them For sick and lame horses
there splendid box stalls Horses laboring under in
fictitious or contagious diseases not admitted this
establishment horses in health boarded and taken
care OF for owners in superior style.
There is consulting room and registration Office for
the registry Of horses for SALE where the color height
age, qualifications price, warranty &C. will be stated in
a ledger kept for tho purpose.
DR. RaIston the Director OF the Institute is emnenty
quaned for the important task he has assumed He has
been for twenty years cavalry officer in the British
army graduate Of the Royal Veterinary College, and
member Of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and
for several years in charge Of the veterinary depart
ment of the cavalry Of India, and Cavalry Veterinary
Surgeon Of the royal army, England.
From this institution great benefit expected especially
to the interests OF agriculture The veterinary schools Of
Europe supported and fosered by the governments
for their acknowledged utility and their distinguished
professors rewarded by signal marks of favor Let our
veterinary schools and professors be sustained by the
people The human medical schools have derived large
amount Of their knowledge from veterinary sources
from comparative anatomy physiology and pathology
the connection the chain of between man and
the horse being intimate than the superficial OBJ
would suppose This institution, therefore, is cal
culaed to advance medical science.
It's primary object however, is to introduce and extend
the improved treatment and management of the horse
and in this way TO benefit the community large. OF a
animals the horse is the noblest the best the moet
useful to In this State in 1855, according TO the
state census of that year, there 5-o7l5 horses
most important branch of property and grad ment
of prosperity To preserve it from destruction and 10
improve s value is the mission Of public benefacor