i)iseases of Domestic tlnimals, xliii 



their business, owing to the death of many jurymen by 

 malignant fevers. The same year the yellow fever prevail- 

 ed in Philadelphia. Many more facts of a similar nature 

 might be mentioned, were it necessary. 



In the prosecution of my course, it is my intention to adopt 

 the following plan : 



1. I shall demonstrate the structure of different animals. 



2. Explain the use and functions of the several parts, and 

 compare them with those of the human body. 



3. Point out the causes, nature and symptoms of diseases 

 in our domestic animals, with the method of cure. 



4. Give the natural history, operations and doses of me- 

 dicines. 



From this plan it will be seen, that farriery, strictly so 

 called, or what relates to the fashionable operations on a 

 horse, nTakes no part of the course. By thus separating the 

 scientific from the merely mechanical part, the veterinarian 

 science will be at once put in a condition to go hand in hand 

 with human medicine ; but it is proper to remark, that in 

 respect to the noble animal just mentioned, the preservation 

 of whose health is so essentially important to us, the proper 

 method of shoeing shall be taught, and directions given for 

 restoring to a natural state those hoofs which have been in- 

 jured by a bad system having been previously followed ; with 

 ample instructions how to preserve his health in all situa- 

 tions in which he may be placed. 



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