X PREFACE. 



It has been our object to produce what is greatly desiderated 

 — a thorough-going Manual of Anatomy for the veterinary 

 student. 



■ The iDhoto-lithographs, with few exceptions, are selections from 

 Leyh and Lecoq's classical works. To Dr. Morrison Watson, 

 Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy in Edinburgh University, my 

 thanks are due for his assistance in arranging them during my 

 absence on the Continent. 



The Editors cordially thank Mr. Thomas H. Douglas, Photo- 

 grapher, Chamberlain Road, for his handsome gift of the Yignette 

 of his friend, which will be appreciated by all the Professor's 

 former students. 



Messrs. Maclachlan & Stewart, the Publishers, deserve every 

 praise for the generous manner in which they have undertaken 

 the publication ; and Messrs, Waterston, Hanover Street, for the 

 style of the photo-lithographs. 



To Professor Turner of Edinburgh University, and Mr. Joseph 

 Johnston of Montrose, I am indebted for many valuable sug- 

 gestions. 



The work owes no small measure of its completeness to the 

 kindly helping-hand of Dr. John Gray M'Kendrick, Assistant to 

 the Professor of Physiology in the University of Edinburgh, who 

 not only has been of immense service to me in the tedious work 

 of proof correcting, but to whom the Editors are indebted for the 

 complete Index and Glossary which accompanies the Avork. 



The Appendices speak for themselves. The work would have 

 been incomplete without a "dissection manual," and a translation 

 was accordingly made of Chauveau's directions, adopted because 

 they are superior to any I am acquainted with. 



The Editors confidently commend the work to the veterinary 

 student, farmer, stockbreeder, and to any and every one interested 

 in domestic animals, inasmuch as the true pathological site of 

 disease is incidentally pointed out au courant with the anatomical 

 description. The Dentition Plates of the Horse, Cow, Sheep, 

 and Dog aftord a coiip d'cml which will be a reminder to the 



