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12. He will have his ruled register, before re- 

 commended, ready at hand, or will take rough notes 

 on the spot, in order to enter them fairly at a sub- 

 sequent hour ; and we will now proceed to instruct 

 him how to fill up the blank columns of his book, 

 profitably and fit for reference at a future day, — 

 when it may be required to be consulted, compared 

 with other cases, and conclusions drawn in some 

 similar disease difficult to comprehend, and ren- 

 dered dangerous by obstinate continuance. He 

 will know how to appreciate the number of such 

 examinations entered on his register, as so many 

 authorities upon which he may securely rely; though 

 he may not perceive, at first sight, how it must hap- 

 pen that fifty such demonstrations are triple the 

 value of twenty-five, and a hundred worth four or 

 five times fifty — by the confidence numbers in- 

 spire, and the adroitness he will have attained in 

 the process when the highest number is entered 

 on his book. Let him keep his accounts how he 

 may, still he must keep accounts of his examinations^ 

 if he would make the desired proficiency. 



13. A register of the subjects dissected need 

 not contain minute particulars of every-day occur- 

 rence, though no important variation should pass 

 unnoticed, especially when this is connected with 

 the loss of life. " Debility," we know, and the 

 often repeated complication, come in for the great- 

 est share ; both which mean that the animal has 

 been " done up" by maltreatment, since scarcely 

 one in ten thousand reaches old age. Therefore 



