HE VIEW. 
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the arachnoid membrane. It is therefore very necessary to 
make a close observation before coming to the conclusion, that 
there are no lesions. I do not believe that immobilize is a 
purely nervous affection. 
Without being able to prove by well attested facts that 
animals, which are found to have lesions in the brain, have 
always functional disorders during life, I am nevertheless con- 
vinced that lesions cannot exist w ithout a more or less marked 
derangement of the animal vital functions. — [Recueil de 
VUerinaire , Jan., 1855). 
REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchrura, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — H or. 
Traite d’Anatomie Comparee des Animaux Domestiques. 
Par A. Chauveau, Chef des Travaux Anatomiques a 
FEcole Imperiale Veterinaire de Lyon. 
Treatise of comparative Anatomy of the Domesticated Ani- 
mals. By A. Chauveau, Demonstrator of Anatomy at 
the Imperial Veterinary School of Lyons. Published by 
J. B. Bailliere, Paris and London. 
Sometimes, when in a gloomy mood we are pondering 
over the actual state of our science and art, we have been so 
much impressed with its many deficiencies as to look with 
but faint hopes towards its future. But, as the bright rays 
of the light of history have been let in, these forebodings have 
all but vanished. 
Veterinary science, is yet in its infancy, for, be it remem- 
bered, not a century has elapsed since Bourgelat, abjuring 
the bar, founded in Lyons the first veterinary school. When 
wx reflect on what has been done in this brief period, w 7 e 
take courage, and this the more if we compare the progress 
we have made with that of the higher branches of medicine and 
surgery. Still there is one particular source of disquietude. 
Very little advancement is taking place in clinical study com- 
pared with its immense requirements. Works on anatomy 
and physiology are appearing, seemingly to the exclusion of 
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