SCHOOL AT TOULOUSE. 
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fore it was that the course passed over before the student could 
gain any clear conception of that which it was so necessary for 
him to know. 
“ The course of the study (he continued) will commence with the 
anatomy of the different regions of the frame. The names and 
the position of the different organs will be explained. Instead of 
expatiating on the bones and the muscles, and leaving the nerves 
and the vessels until the end of the course, we shall commence 
with an exposition of the nerves and blood-vessels, and shall ex¬ 
amine their origin, their course, and termination. Following this 
method, we shall obtain the easiest and most acciuate acquaint¬ 
ance with all the viscera and other organs to which they run; as 
in geography, by tracing the course of the n\eis, we learn the 
names and relative situations of the different towns which are 
found on their banks. This species of animal topography being 
concluded, the pupil will, by repeated and careful dissections, 
assure himself of the size, form, and relative situation of the dif¬ 
ferent organs. 
“ In that part of the course of anatomy destined for the second 
year, they will study the tissues, or elements which compose 
the frame of the animal; the unity of organic composition; the 
relations and balance of the various organs. Then will follow 
that course of anatomical study which has lor its object the elu¬ 
cidation of physiology, or the functions of the organs. Many 
operations and experiments will be performed for this purpose. 
Certain nerves will be divided, or tied, to ascertain their influence 
on respiration or digestion. LiXperiments will be made on the 
mechanism and power of absorption, circulation, See. 
“ The same method will be applied to botany, or the study of 
plants. A concise account will be given of vegetable physiology. 
The organization of different plants will be compared ; the struc¬ 
ture and functions of the leaves, and the organs ol fructification. 
The division of plants into natural families will be explained. 
They will be considered as alimentary, medicinal, and poisonous; 
and all will be applied to the peculiar instruction and use of ve¬ 
terinary students. 
il The course on the exterior of domesticated annuals will be di¬ 
vided into two distinct parts. In the first will be traced the dif- 
