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vancement of veterinary science. I hope we may long con- 
tinue to deserve the support of this important body. For 
assuredly the best interests of agriculture are bound *up with 
the interests of our profession. The breeding and rearing of 
stock of all descriptions; the importation of sheep and 
cattle, which is increasing enormously, as our population and 
means of transport increase, are matters not alien to the 
daily calling of the veterinarian. Nor can his education or 
opinion on such subjects be regarded otherwise than with 
deep interest 'by the enlightened agriculturist. I regard our 
connection with this body as a happy alliance of powers, and 
as a means which promises to be of essential service to agri- 
culture ; while, at the same time, it immensely extends the 
usefulness and the field of veterinary science. 
The books which I would recommend you to procure for 
your studies, are ‘ The Anatomy of the Horse/ by Mr. 
Percivall ; and also his valuable Lectures on ‘ Physiology and 
Diseases / likewise Blaine’s ‘Veterinary Outlines, and Canine 
Pathology/ but in the anatomical part you had better follow 
Percivall than Blaine. You will also find Mr. Youatt’s works 
of great value in your studies. 
Mr. Morton’s c Manual of Pharmacy/ and his c Toxicological 
Chart 5 are, I need hardly say, indispensable to you. The 
c Hippo-pathology 5 of Mr. Percivall is a great and a national 
work, which you will no doubt possess. 
The library of the Veterinary Medical Association, a so- 
ciety which I have always looked upon as forming an integral 
part of the education of the pupil, will furnish you with many 
valuable works for your perusal. You will do well to be- 
come members of this association. Any further recommen- 
dation of books, I leave to my colleagues, who will I am sure, 
in their respective departments, furnish you with all the de- 
tails by which your studies may be prosecuted successfully. 
The benches of our theatre are graced on this opening day 
with the presence of many, who have long ceased to be pupils 
here, yet whose reputation and standing in the profession 
are a proof that they know full well that their education never 
ceases so long as they live. I am sure I express the unani- 
mous feeling of myself and colleagues, when I say, that we 
are truly sensible of the compliment paid us by their attend- 
ance. It is an assurance, that the youngest here, and the 
most venerable, are members of but one body, and that we 
have only one common end in view — the good of the pro- 
fession. And whilst the aspirations of the pupils are neces- 
sarily heightened by this association, for even this brief hour, 
with the now distinguished and experienced men who were 
