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salts. The tissues, generating* and simple, the last especially 
being considered in relation to their physical, chemical, and vital 
properties. 
The Exterior. —The beauties, defects, blemishes, and ma¬ 
ladies of every part of the body. The age, the eye, the integu¬ 
ment, the distinguishing character, the power and value. The 
disposition of the different parts, as it regards the centre of gra¬ 
vity and the paces and usefulness of the horse. The foot,— 
shoeing, its principle, every manipulation of it performed by the 
pupil. 
Botany. —The conservative and reproductive organs, or ve¬ 
getable physics. The terms used among botanists, and the 
principles on which the systems of Tournefort, Jussieu, and 
Linnaeus are founded. 
Second Years Study, 
The special anatomy of the ox and sheep; the study of the 
vessels, nerves, and viscera of all domestic animals; dissections. 
The continuation of general anatomy; the physical, chemical, 
and medical properties of the nervous, serous, mucous, and fibrous 
tissues. 
Experimental physiology. The beautiful experiments of 
Flandrin and others repeated, as regards the lymphatic system; 
the ligature of the thoracic duct; the section of the pneumo- 
gastric nerves; the state of the chyle as influenced by the different 
food of the animal; likewise experiments on the nerves; the nerves 
with one and two roots; the fifth pair; the portio dura of the 
seventh. 
The exterior of domestic animals will be resumed, and more 
particularly as to their action and power. The horse will be 
considered in a state of rest and of action; the laws of motion 
will come under discussion; the application of the principle of 
the lever, &c. 
The art of healing will now begin to be considered. It will 
commence with the natural and zoological history of all domestic 
animals, extending even to the bee and silk worm. They will be 
considered in reference to their species and families, their different 
periods of life, the changes which they undergo, and the influ¬ 
ence of these changes on their state of health and disease. 
