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 t 

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

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

 ical 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 ' l Comparative Anatomy of Domes- 

 ticated Animals," for their courtesy in supplying the illustrations 

 I have used. 



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