VETERIXARY DEPAETMEXT. 17 



Board of Examiners — April 1876. 



1. Frctctical and Clinical Examinations. — Thomas A. Dollar, London; 



Finlay Dun, Weston Park, Shipston-on-Stour ; Tom Taylor, Man- 

 chester; John Law.son, Manchester; John Steele, Biggar; John 

 Borthwick, Kirkliston ; C. Cunningham, Slateford. 



2. Physiologtj and Histology. — Dr Dycer ; C. Cunningham, Slateford ; Andrew 



Spreull, Dundee. 



3. Materia Medica. — Professor Balfour; Professor Douglas Maclagan ; 



Finlay Dun, Weston Park; Dr Craig; A. I. M'CaUum. 



4. Diseases of Horses. — John Borthwick, Kirkliston; John Lawson, Man- 



chester ; Wm. Connochie, Selkirk ; Tom Taylor, Manchester. 



5. Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Swine, and Dogs. — Thomas. A Dollar, London ; 



John Steele, Biggar ; Alexander Pottie, Paisley. 



President of the Board — Dr Dycer, Edinburgh. 



President of the Clinical Board — Thomas A. Dollar, London. 



SYLLABUS OF VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS. 



First Examinations held Annually in July. 



BOTANY. 

 Structure and functions of nutritive and reproductive organs of plants. 

 Natural families of medicinal and poisonous Plants, Diseases of agricultural 

 plants caused by fungi. Text-book— Balfour's " Elements of Botany ; " A. & 

 C. Black ; 3s. Gd. 



CHEMISTRY. 

 Elements of inorganic and organic chemistry; physiological chemistry 

 testing for commoner metals. Text-hooJc — Roscoe's " Lessons in Elementary 

 Chemistry;" MacmUlan & Co.; 4s. 6d. 



ANATOMY. 



Anatomy of bones, muscles, blood-vessels, nerves, and viscera of horse, cow, 

 and dog. Description of relative position of parts displayed by various dis- 

 sections. Demonstration from actual specimens of muscles, tendons, blood- 

 vessels, and nerves, of horse's limbs, larynx, eye, &c. Comjiarative anatomy 

 of veterinary patients. The breeding, rearing, feeding, and humane treat- 

 ment of the live stock of the fLirm — the different breeds — their character- 

 istics — the districts where they are principally met with — and also the best 

 and most humane system of horse-breaking. Tcxt^books — Strangeways' 

 "Anatomy," ^SLiclachlan «Sc Stewart, 17s. Chauveau's "Comparative 

 Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals," by George Fleming, Veteriuan' 

 Surgeon, Royal Engineers, Churchill & Sons ; L.l, lis. 6d. 



Second Examinations held Annually in April. 



THE PRACTICAL AND CLINICAL EXAMINATION 



Include (liagnosis and treatment, orally and in writing, of cases of lame- 

 nc.s:^ and di.sca.Hcs of horses, cittle, sheep, dogs, and swine. Examination of 

 horses as to sounflncHs. Surgical imd other o] ' on veteri- 



nary patients. Examination, chietly of morbid >i-vi.i*nvii-, inv-uy conducted 

 at the abattoirs. 



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