PREFACE 



The popularity of this series of "Compends" demonstrates that 

 they supply a long-felt want. From a considerable experience as 

 a quiz-master of medical students and a teacher of anatomy, the 

 writer has seen the benefits of these, and has endeavored to sup- 

 ply for students of veterinary anatomy and physiology a work 

 which would answer their needs not only as a text-book, but also 

 for work in the dissecting-room. 



While, in the main, the standard work of Chauveau has been 

 followed, the works of Strangeways, Gray and Quain have been 

 consulted. In the section on Physiology the late works of Flint, 

 Meade, Smith and Jeffrey Bell have furnished the greater part of 

 the data, and to them indebtedness is due. Many of the chemi- 

 cal analyses have been taken from Charles. 



Lack of space necessitated a condensation of some subjects to 

 narrow limits, while others have been merely alluded to. The 

 author trusts it will meet the same cordial welcome from the vet- 

 erinary profession which the other works of this series have re- 

 ceived from their fellow-workers in medicine. 



My acknowledgments are due to Messrs. D. Appleton & Co., 

 the publishers of Chauveau's " Comparative Anatomy of Domes- 

 ticated Animals," for their courtesy in supplying the illustrations 

 I have used. 



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