681 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE OF PROFESSOR SIMONDS. 
society, and of invaluable benefit to the profession. To this 
Association you cannot give too much of the honest application 
of your time. 
I will detain you but a few moments longer; but, before I con- 
clude, it is right that I should name the books which are neces- 
sary for the pupil to possess. I make no attempt to speak of all 
the publications of the present day, but only such as are abso- 
lutely necessary for the student. 
First stands Mr. Percivall’s “ Anatomy of the Horse,’’ his no- 
menclature being adopted in our dissections. This gentleman 
has likewise published some parts of a standard work on the Pa- 
thology of the Horse. His “ Elementary Lectures” are, I fear, not 
now to be procured by you. Mr. Morton’s u Manual,” and his 
“Toxicological Chart” are, as before stated, indispensable. The 
same remark equally applies to Mr. Youatt’s works on the Horse, 
Cattle, and Sheep : these I have told you are published under the 
superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know- 
ledge. The V eterin a kian, of which Mr. Youatt is the Editor, 
has been truly designated a library within itself. Mr. Blaine’s 
“ Veterinary Outlines,” and his “ Canine Pathology” ought to bes* 
deeply studied by you, and should find a place in the library of 
every veterinary surgeon. Mr. W. C. Spooner’s work on the 
Foot of the Horse must, likewise, be made a pocket companion 
in your studies. Mr. Spooner has also published a new edition of 
“ White’s Cattle Medicine.” The late Professor Coleman, Mr. J. 
Turner, Mr. Bracy Clark, with many others, have set before us 
their labours to assist the advancement of veterinary science, and 
they should each in its turn be read by you. Hooper’s Medical 
Dictionary is one of those publications which you will find ex- 
tremely valuable in defining the terms that very frequently must 
be used by your teachers in their lectures ; and allow me, Gentle- 
men, in this place to impress upon your minds, the necessity of 
observing strict attention to every department of your studies, 
and at all times, whether accompanying your teachers in their 
daily visits around the infirmary or attending the lectures or 
demonstrations in the theatre or dissecting room, to be found 
honestly devoting your time and your talents; for the cultivation 
of habits of industry and sobriety can alone lead to the end you 
now have especially in view, and upon which your success in 
after-life mainly depends. 
Before I take my leave of you on this occasion, I venture once 
more to direct your notice to the position in which I am placed. 
To a considerable extent, it must not only increase my labours, 
but operate in preventing the instruction which it is my duty to 
impart to you being so perfect and complete as 1 desire; if, 
