254 REGULATIONS FOR THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
of November, and end on the 30th of April of the following 
year. 
Second Course .—The study of the exterior knowledge of the 
horse shall begin on the 1st of May, and end <. n the 30th of Oc¬ 
tober. In this course the pupils shall be taught the good and 
bad conformation of the animal; as also the external diseases 
which affect his body and limbs. 
Third Course .—The course of operations shall begin on the 
1st of November, and end the 30th of January of the following 
year. From the 1st of February to the 30th of April, the pupils 
shall put in practice those surgical operations which they shall 
have been taught in the preceding course of lectures. This 
shall employ them the mornings only: in the evening they shall 
be instructed in the Materia Medica. 
Fourth Course .—The pupils shall attend a course of phar¬ 
macy, to obtain a know ledge of the different preparations ; they 
shall divide their mornings between the dispensary and laboratory. 
Fifth Course .—A knowledge of the common plants and herbs 
being necessary to the veterinary physician, the pupils shall at¬ 
tend a course of botany relative to veterinary medicine. This 
course shall take place in the afternoon, and shall, as well as the 
preceding, continue during the summer. 
Sixth Course .—It being necessary that the shoeing of horses 
should be perfectly understood, the pupils shall attend the forge 
in the morning. In the evening, lectures shall be given in pa¬ 
thology, to prepare them for the practice of the infirmary. 
Seventh Course .—The pupils, after having gone through every 
branch of the veterinary art, shall be obliged to attend the in¬ 
firmary every day, when the professor shall employ them ac¬ 
cording to their respective abilities. He shall confide to their 
care one, two, three, or more animals, whose symptoms they 
shall be obliged accurately to observe, and note down in a jour¬ 
nal, and report the same daily to the professor. But the treatment 
of the patients, shall be always directed by the professor, and 
strictly adhered to by the pupil. 
Eighth Course .—The design of the institution would fail in 
a great degree if the pupils were not to be instructed in the 
nature of epizootic diseases, to which animals are liable. The 
veterinary physician having before him the table of symptoms 
which characterise diseases, w ill be enabled to discern the na¬ 
ture of the maladies which he has to encounter, and conse¬ 
quently to make a better choice of remedies proper to remove 
them. In this course, therefore, the pupils w ill be taught the 
method of distinguishing, preventing, and curing diseases, as 
they occur in particular animals. The pupils, having completed 
