XIV PREFACE. 



succeeded in procuring electrotype copies of all the original cuts, 

 which were required, from the French edition of Leyh's Anatomy, 

 and so venture to hope that the work has not suffered in that 

 respect ; my thanks are due to M. Asselin for this, and also to 

 Messrs. Churchill, and Messrs. Routledge & Co., for the electros 

 kindly supplied by them. An attempt has also been made by 

 Messrs. Banks to reproduce, with certain modifications, the 

 admirable anatomical plates of M. Megnin. A few minor illus- 

 trations have been cut specially for the work. 



I have to thank Dr. F. E. Rice, of Springfield, Mass., U.S., for 

 much valuable assistance in indexing, and passing the work 

 through the press ; and Mr. J. J. Fraser, of the New Veterinary 

 College, Edinburgh, for assistance in many ways. And I must 

 also acknowledge with thanks some useful suggestions given to 

 me by Mr. Robertson, F.R.C.V.S., of Kelso, and by Principal 

 Williams. Messrs. Bell & Bradfute, the publishers, and Messrs. 

 Lorimer & Gillies, the printers of the work, deserve much thanks 

 for the kind manner in which they have assisted me in a rather 

 tedious undertaking. 



I venture to hope that the matter of the book is as correct as 

 can reasonably be expected in a performance of the kind ; that 

 the arrangement is such as to prevent confusion, and consequent 

 loss of time to those who may consult it ; ' that the book in its 

 present form may, to some extent, meet the ordinary anatomical 

 requirements of the veterinary curriculum of the present day ; 

 and finally, that the student who wishes to go deeper into the 

 subject, may by it be prepared for the consultation of more 

 exhaustive treatises. 



I. VAUGHAN. 



GAYFIELD HOUSE, 

 EDINBURGH, 15th September, 1S79. 



