VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



OBJECTS AND METHODS OF STUDY. 



Pathology — general — special. Morbid anatomy. Pathological chemistry ; 

 Disease. Health. Death — Somatic — partial — necrosis. Syncope. Apnoea. 

 Asphyxia. Coma. Death from old age. 



The principles and practice of Veterinary Medicine should em- 

 brace all that is known of the causes, nature, symptoms, preven- 

 tion and cure of disease in domestic animals. Incidentally it in- 

 cludes diagnosis and prognosis. 



Pathology is the science which tells of the causes and nature 

 of disease, and the functional and structural changes by which it 

 is characterized. In modem usage the term pathology is under- 

 stood to refer to the intimate nature of disease, but this neces- 

 sarily involves an enquiry into its sources and the predispositions 

 to its occurrence ; its phenomena whether in changes of function 

 or structure ; and its results in the form of perverted function, 

 structural changes, degenerations, dependent disorder, etc. The 

 field of pathology is further divided into general pathology and 

 special pathology. 



General Pathology treats of disease processes in their generic 

 form, and as they appear in many different diseases. Thus 

 inflammation and fever are the prominent phenomena in a great 

 'many different diseases which differ in their seats, their causes, 

 manifestations and results. Inflammation and fever are there- 

 fore subjects of general pathology. Similarly all forms of degen- 

 eration — fatty, fibrous, calcic, amyloid, etc., are disease processes 

 found in many different organs and under very varied conditions 

 and they are accordingly included in general pathology. Hyper- 

 trophy and atrophy are also possible in every organic tissue irre- 

 spective of kind or seat, they belong therefore to this particular 

 field. 



