Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-03-23
veterinary ,ScieHrc.

oI' IARlS, OHIO, March -, 1870.
EDITOR URBANA UNIoN.-I rave notice
in. your last number, through your able
correspondent, S. H. Peirce tilatI would
furnish an article every week to the pa
per, my subject to be the Horse, his Dis
eases the Symptom, the Treatment &c.
lam aware Mr.. Editor, that my Sub
ject is one that has been most shameful.
ly neglected, not only, by the Horse pro.
prietor and those directly interested, but
by our government who has done little
or nothing to advance Veterinary Sci,
ence, OF which as. onesof tho great a.
tions of the Earth, we ought to be asham.
ed. We as a nation have many things tc
bQast OF; we can boast oF eur extent q
territory, we can boast Of the fertility or
our soil, We can boast Of our thirtv-tiye
millions of inhabitants, we can boast nj
conquering England twice, but we can.
not boast Of Il Veterinary Institution. r.
which our government has ever piven
Iany aid; yet England established a vot.
erlnaly College one hundred and nine
years ago and France established a Veter.
mary College one hundred and fifteen
years ago, These Colleges were sane
toned and conducted by the govern
ment
The first Veterinary College was estab-
lishcd at Lyons, France, about the wear
l153, the first English Veterinary COZ
Flege was established ID the year ITGl,
through the efforts Of a man by tie name
of st. Bell, a student from the t,6lIege al
Lyons Franco. st. Bell being Professor
Lof Surgery.
BHt-it was with Veterinary St.ieilce,
Bike many other new sciences, tile peo-
pie were very sioNto to give ii support, and
81 was by the utmost eSerti0n that st.
BELL could get the support Of the Eng
Iish Government; but by getting Ehe in
tiuencc Of few of the leading men, he
succeeded through them TO get the sane
ton and aid Of the Government. But
this new enterprise was destined to bc
of short duration for scarce had St. Bell
Superintendent this College one wear, till
he died, and as none Of his Students,
were far enough advanced to take charge
Of the Institution, the result was the en-
teTprise for time was abandoned. But
it appears that the Students were not to
be discouraged fora good many Of them
went to France, and graduated at the
College at Lyons, and then returned to
England again. One of them, Coleman,
think was his name, again sought and
obtained the sanction and support of the
| Government and took charge of the st.
Bell College, which he conducted honor
ably, successfully, and to the entire sat
isfaction of the English Government
He afterwards wrote several valuable
works OH the Horse which stand to this
day as so many living monuments to his
memory, notwithstanding the rapid
strides that have been made i'm vctcrina-
~ since that time. 1t could not, how
ever, he expected at that early period Of
the science that i'm writing large works
he would not advance some crr0niouS
ideas and of course Il good deal Of his
treatment has given away 10 more i'm
proved system Of practice.
have often wondered why our own
government did not follow in the foot
steps of England and France and cstab-
Iish Veterinary Institutions. II seems
to me that there ought to be at
least one in each of Inc older States
sanctioned, supported and conducted
/ by the government. / am satisfied
/ that there arc hundreds and thousands
Of our smart and intelligent young
men who would chose Veterinary for a
/ profession, and in a few years we would
/ have q class of highly educated men who
would hc an honor to our Country. II
is true, we have few Veterinary Col
Icgc- in the United States, bat they arc
conducted 10y individuals, graduates
/ from European Colleges. These indi-
viduaI, fully realize the fact that there is
an extensive field open for this branch
! of science and are Iahorin" hand to rouse