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tion of your studies. Placing anatomy first, we have Per- 
civall’s c Anatomy of the Horse/ which we may consider 
the text-book of the dissecting room. Beyond this there are 
no works to be recommended for their anatomical details, 
although in some few particulars they may excel Percivall’s. 
Thus in Blaine’s c Veterinary Outlines/ Youatt on c Cattle/ and 
also his work on ‘ Sheep/ you have several chapters devoted 
to descriptive anatomy which will be of material service to you. 
For general anatomy, f Quain and Sharpey’s Elements’ is to 
be preferred to any other. Although professedly treating of 
the organization of man, the lucid descriptions it gives of the 
structure of the component parts of the body cannot but be 
of the utmost utility to you as veterinary pupils. Todd and 
Bowman’s e Physiological Anatomy’ is also a work of much 
merit, and ought to be constantly referred to in your investi- 
gations. Wilson’s f Anatomist’s Yade Mecum’ must likewise 
not be lost sight of. The works on physiology are now so 
numerous, and all of such high order, that it is difficult to 
make a selection. Carpenter’s 4 Principles of Physiology, 
General and Comparative/ his Manual’ also of 4 Physio- 
logy/ and Kirkes’s and Paget’s, are among the most useful 
for your requirements. On surgery and pathological anatomy 
you should consult, among others. Miller’s 4 Principles of 
Surgery/ Bransby Cooper’s and Liston’s, with Druit’s 
Wade Mecum/ Andral’s ‘Pathological Anatomy,’ and 
Paget’s ‘ Surgical Pathology.’ To assist your chemical inves- 
tigations, you have Brande’s 4 Manual of Chemistry,’ Bow- 
man’s ‘ Medical Chemistry/ and Fownes’s ‘ Manual/ cum 
multis aliis. 
On veterinary pharmacy and toxicology, you will have no 
occasion to go beyond Morton’s c Manual of Pharmacy/ and 
his ‘Toxicological Chart.’ 
The pathological works relating to veterinary science are 
no less numerous, and all in turn should be read by you. 
Coleman, Percivall, Blaine, Youatt, Turner, Field, Spooner, 
and Bracy Clark, are among our chief writers. Many others 
might be mentioned, but I have simply given the names of 
such as immediately occur to me. 
And now it may be asked of each of you, have you come 
here prepared to grapple with all the difficulties which lie in 
the way of your obtaining a correct knowledge of the prin- 
ciples of the profession you have chosen ? Have you been 
fitted by previous education for a study of this description ? 
If so, lose no opportunity that is afforded you of obtaining 
information. Do not, however, depend too exclusively on 
your teachers, but investigate fully for yourselves each 
