90 DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF VF:TERINARY SCIENCE. 



To the President: 



Sir: — I beg to submit the following rej)ort of work done in the A^eLerinary 

 Department for the year 1884-5. 



Ill September 18S-J, the second course of veterinary science commenced at 

 this college. The class consisted of 26 students. 



The autumn term was devoted, as on a previous occasion, to instruction in 

 veterinary anatomy; the horse being taken as the standard, and comparisons 

 Avere made from it of the ox, sheep, and hog, when with the aid of skeletons, 

 and other equipments lent me by several departments of the college I was able 

 to illustrate many of my lectures, in I trust, a satisfactory manner. Towards 

 the close of this term the students purchased a horse, which enabled us to do 

 some practical work in anatomy; this I felt proved a great aid in impressing on 

 their minds, the situation, structure, and relations of many parts, which it 

 would be d tficult to do without an actual subject, and although the class and 

 myself labored under much dithculty, as we were without a proper dissecting 

 room to do our work in, yet I feel that we were richly repaid for any trouble 

 we went to. While doing this work I divided the class into two divisions; No. 

 1 Avorking the first part of the afternoon, and No. 2 the second part; by this 

 arrangement the other duties of the students were not interfered with, and I 

 was not inconvenienced by too many persons being around the cadaver at one 

 time. Before the animal was killed it was put under the influence of chloro- 

 form, which enabled me to show the class some of the ordinary operations of 

 veterinary surgery in a practical and humane manner. 



SPRING TERM, 188.5. 



During this term my class was composed of 28 Seniors and one special; my 

 work consisted in giving daily lectures upon the diseases which affect the ex- 

 ternal surface of the body of the domestic animals, as well as one weekly lect- 

 ure upon materia medica, in Avhich I described the actions, uses, doses, and 

 many other matters relative to the handling of drugs. I also gave several 

 lectures upon the external conformation of the horse, as well as the manner of 

 examining an animal for soundness prior to purchase. lu pursuing this study I 

 lirt-t of all went over the many points iu the lecture room, having a life sized 

 diagram to illustrate my remarks, after which I borrowed a few horses and 

 Avent through the operation in a practical manner, discussing, as we Avent along, 

 the good and bad points of the animals before us. 



DURING THE SUMMER TERM 



my cUtss consisted of 25 students, and my work consisted iu giving lectures 

 upon the internal diseases of the domestic animals; I also continued my lectures 

 upon materia medica. It may be Avorthy of special mention, that during this 

 term I gave a number of lectures upon veterinary obstetrics Avhich I illustrated 

 with large diagrams and described many ditticulties in parturition, pointing out 

 the important features to be observed in labored cases of calving, lambing, foal- 

 Mig, etc., Avhich I consider very important subjects to those engaged in stock 

 raising. 



I illustrated other lectures in this course with actual cases of disease when it 

 was possible for me to do so. 



