814 COMMENCEMENT OF THE SESSION 1839-40. 
cularly become acquainted with two of the most important of these 
indications, the pulse and the respiration. It is singular that 
there should be so much difference of opinion among veterinary 
men with regard to the healthy state of the pulse and of respira- 
tion. I believe that most practitioners and authors reckon from 
35 to 42 pulsations to be the usual standard ; but, for my part, I 
must say that, after having examined thousands of horses, and of 
every size and age, and belonging to every breed, and coming from 
every climate, I am convinced that from 28 to 36 is the usual 
range, and oftener nearer to 32 than any other number. The re- 
spirations are from 4 to 8 per minute, and 3 when the animal is 
asleep ; but 6 being the standard, or average. 
“ The Anatomical Lectures will no longer be confined to 
the horse ; but a series of lectures on comparative anatomy, includ- 
ing, at least, all the patients of the veterinary surgeon, will be at- 
tempted by the Assistant Professor. 
“ Veterinary Jurisprudence. — The reputation of the vete- 
rinary surgeon will depend much on the manner in which he gives 
his evidence in a court of justice, and it is a trial that will put him 
severely to the test. The veterinary surgeon should be well ac- 
quainted with every branch of his own profession, and with the 
bearing of every point of jurisprudence upon it. He should be 
prepared not only to give a straightforward account of the case, 
so far as he has seen it ; but to answer every question which can, 
by possibility, be connected with it. There is nothing with regard 
to which the veterinary surgeon should make himself so intimate- 
ly and thoroughly acquainted ; there is nothing with regard to 
which he should form a more settled determination to act fairly 
and honourably. 
“With regard to the Veterinary Medical Association: — The prin- 
ciple of mutual instruction is a most advantageous and noble one. 
The senior will always have something valuable'Jto communicate 
to the junior, and at the same time may receive from him much 
that is useful. Associating together "with proper feelings and mo- 
tives, the result will be advantageous to both. 
“ The Library has been considerably enlarged since the last 
Report, consisting of most of the earliest veterinary works in the 
