At a stated meeting of the Philadelphia Society for pro- 

 moting Agriculture, July 12th, 1814, the following resolu- 

 tion was on motion unanimously passed. 



The society having been long impressed with the import- 

 ance of veterinary knowledge, and having offered a premi- 

 um for the best essay thereon, are with great satisfaction 

 informed of the merit of a course of lectures, delivered last 

 winter, by Dr. Mease, on ^* comparative anatomy and the 

 diseases of domestic animals;" whereupon resolved, 



That Dr. Mease be requested by the president to permit the 

 introductory lecture, on the subject mentioned, to be print- 

 ed in the third volume of the Memoirs of the Society. 



