Veterinary Elements. 



PART L 



The Construction and Functions of the Animal Body. 



CHAPTEK I. 

 THE SKELETON. 



Natural Science Study Essential. In First Principles of 

 Agriculture we are told that agriculture may be divided 

 into four general branches, one of which is Animal 

 Industry (Husbandry). The same authority, when 

 classifying the personal factors upon which success as an 

 agriculturist depends, insists upon a knowledge of the 

 natural sciences, not the least important of which is 

 Animal Knowledge (Zoology). Such a deep study is 

 zoology that specialists have divided it into branches, an 

 elementary study of two of which (physiology and 

 pathology} will constitute the subject matter of this book 



Physiology and its relative, anatomy, have to do with 

 the functions and construction of organs of the animal 

 body : Pathology, in the broad sense used here, has to 

 do with mal-nutrition and disease, and their prevention. 

 It may be accepted that, in order to be successful as a 

 stockman, a knowledge however elementary of the anat- 

 omy and physiology of live stock is essential, as on such 

 knowledge is based not only the preservation of health 

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