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confidence, will promote the best interests in this branch of our 



State economy. 



ABBOTT LAWRENCE, 

 JOHN C. GRAY, 

 DAVID SEARS, 

 J. C. WARREN, 

 October 10th, 1846. HENRY CODMAN. 



On the Anatomy and Diseases of Animals. 



The Committee beg leave to report that, in conformity with 

 the directions of the Trustees, they have inquired into this sub- 

 ject. They find that there has been lately completed, in Paris, 

 the figure of a horse, of full size, so constructed as to take all 

 the pieces apart. These pieces represent the muscles, blood-ves- 

 sels, heart, lungs, and other organs, of their natural size and ap- 

 pearance. They are composed of materials of an imperishable 

 nature, and, when put together, form a beautiful object. The 

 cost of the work is 4000 francs, or 800 dollars. 



The Committee, believing that there is no similar work in this 

 country, and that this will be of great use in displaying to prac- 

 tical men the anatomy of the different organs which may be the 

 seat of various diseases, have thought that its acquisition would 

 be a benefit to the agricultural interests of the country. They 

 have, therefore, ^^greeably to the directions of the Trustees, pro- 

 cured this work, and ordered it to be shipped by the first vessel 

 direct for Boston. 



The Committee, seeing the great importance of an exact 

 knowledge of the bones of the ox and the horse, have also di- 

 rected the preparation of full-sized skeletons of these animals. 

 These are expected to be completed by the next spring. The 

 Committee propose, when these objects are all arrived, they 

 should be placed together in some convenient situation, and be 

 made accessible to the agriculturalist without expense. 



The Committee would further state that Dr. Brooks, whom 

 the Committee have invited to give a course of lectures on the 

 diseases of the horse, is actively engaged in preparing these lee- 



