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rather give a course of study to be extended over four years, as I at 

 present look upon the question : 



First Session (Spring and Summer), March 15th to August 1st. — 

 Introduction to the study of veterinary medicine, by the director ; 

 osteology ; chemistry, inorganic, theoretical, and practical ; physics ; 

 botany (theoretic, as described) ; zoology ; horseshoeing (practical). 



Second Session {Fall and Winter), October 1st to March 15th. — 

 Zootomy * (lectures and practice) ; chemistry, organic, and practice ; 

 materia medica and pharmacognosy ; history of veterinary medi- 

 cine ; horseshoeing, theoretic, history. 



Third Session {Spring and Summer). — Physiology (part first) ; 

 histology, with practice ; comparative anatomy and embryology ; 

 materia medica ; toxicology ; exercise in chemical laboratory. 



Fourth Session (Fall and Winter). — Anatomy, lectures and prac- 

 tice ; physiology (part second) ; nerve physiology ; dietetics ; hygi- 

 ene ; breeding (theoretic, with especial regard to evolution) ; reviews 

 by assistants of chemistry, materia medica ; comparative anatomy 

 and physiology. 



At the end of this session the students are to be examined in 

 the above branches. Students failing to pass, to be put back one 

 year. 



Fifth Year (Spring and Summer). — General pathology (with 

 sketch of the history of medicine) ; general therapeutics ; general 

 surgical pathology ; special surgical pathology ; special pathology 

 and therapeutics of the diseases of the domestic animals ; practice 

 in pharmacy ; practice in writing prescriptions. 



Sixth Session (Fall and Winter). — Clinic, percussion and auscul- 

 tation ; pathological anatomy, demonstrative and microscopic ; oper- 

 ative surgery (theory and practice) ; special surgical pathology ; spe- 

 cial pathology and therapeutics ; exterior (lectures on form and 

 soundness) ; practice in pharmacy. 



Seventh Session (Sprmg and Summer). — Clinic; pathological 

 anatomy, as above ; obstetrics (theory and practice) ; veterinary 

 sanitary science and police (contagious animal diseases and their 

 prevention) ; forensic medicine ; operative surgery (practice). 



Eighth Session (Fall and Winter). — Clinic ; physiology (part 

 first) ; general pathology ; sanitary science and police ; forensic 

 medicine ; meat and market inspection. 



The work of this last session should be to fasten as much as pos- 

 sible the principles of medicine in the minds of the students, and 



* All lectures upon special branches should be introduced with a short sketch of the 

 principal events in their development. 



