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with lively pleasure the unanimity which now exists between 
this institution and the corporate body, and they will not 
be backward in considering any further measures that time 
and circumstances may render necessary to strengthen it. 
Should the sanguine hopes of some be accomplished, the 
profession will no doubt take a new position, and every 
member of it will acquire a standing such as must of 
necessity spring from kindred institutions banded together 
for noble objects. 
Nor must I omit to mention another union of great utility 
to our profession, I mean that of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England with the Royal Veterinary College. This 
national society is still pleased, in consideration of the 
services performed by us, in the extension of veterinary 
science to the more immediate wants of the agriculturist, to 
continue its annual grant of £200 to this institution. In so 
liberal an age, it is not to be wondered at, that this en- 
lightened body should be quick to recognise the connexion 
that exists between agriculture and the veterinary art ; be- 
tween the soil of our country and its highest produce, the 
domesticated animals, whose beauty adorns our plains, and 
whose usefulness promotes our welfare ; and w 7 ho impart to 
agriculture itself its living issues. 
I find I have but little time to dwell upon many other 
important subjects. The books which you will chiefly want 
for your guides, are Percivall’s ‘ Anatomy of the Horse/ and 
his ‘ Hippopathology Blaine’s ( Veterinary Outlines/ 
and Youatt on 6 Cattle/ and on ‘ The Dog.’ Morton’s 
e Manual of Pharmacy/ and e Toxicological Chart/ are indis- 
pensable ; and you ought also to possess Simonds’ treatise on 
‘The Dentition of the Ox, Sheep, and Pig/ and his mono- 
graph on * Variola Ovina.’ 
In addition to these more special works, you will find it 
useful to consult Carpenter’s ‘ Physiology/ and the w orks of 
Todd and Bow r man. A very excellent book also is Sharpey’s 
‘ General and Structural Anatomy.’ In Headland’s work on 
the ‘ Action of Medicines/ you will find many excellent 
remarks, and a great deal of new thought. The law 7 s of the 
action of medicines are an important department of science 
and must have your consideration, in fact, the views which 
you may adopt w 7 ill govern your mode of administering thera- 
peutic agents. You wfill also be both pleased and iustructed 
by the perusal of Billing’s work on the ‘ Practice of Medicine.’ 
I w^ould likewise point out to you, as a record of current 
knowledge, ‘The Veterinarian/ edited by Professors Morton 
and Simonds, as worthy of your study and possession. I 
