ANATOMY, ITS USE TO VETERINARY MEDICINE. 663 
regularity of attendance on every branch of your studies, in 
the due order in which they occur. It was both aptly and 
truly remarked by Dr. Todd, in his inaugural address delivered 
the other day at King’s College, that the dissipated, careless, 
and indifferent pupils, are those who mar the principles and 
proceedings of those who would act otherwise. 
Then, as to your studies, for you must be students as w 7 ell 
as pupils, you need hardly to be told that anatomy is the basis 
upon wdiich physiology and pathology rest. Without the one, 
then, the others cannot be acquired; for who would think of 
attempting to raise the superstructure, until he had satisfied 
himself that the foundation was securely fixed? Hence we 
repeat but a truism, in saying that you must first become 
practically acquainted with the various parts entering into the 
composition of an animal body, their union and relative po¬ 
sition, as w 7 ell as their mutual co-operation, in effecting the 
various movements and functions which we observe, when all 
things are in their normal condition. Fortunate, nay, doubly 
fortunate are you, that you possess such a teacher and able 
and experienced pioneer on this subject, as my respected 
friend and colleague, Professor Spooner, who, in the lecture- 
room, w r ill unfold these mysteries, and make your w 7 ay easy 
and plain before you. The practical portion, how r ever, of the 
subject, must be acquired by your own labours in the dis¬ 
secting-room, w T here the analysis, if I may so speak, is to be 
carried out by the aid of the knife, the forceps, and the text¬ 
book. And here, again, you have one to guide you, able and 
willing to the utmost, possessing a clear head and an indomi¬ 
table perseverance,—1 need hardly name him, for you know 7 
I allude to Mr. Varnell. 
Allow me one word of digression here :—there is no place 
where order, silence, and decorum should be more observed 
than in the dissecting-room; noise and confusion are incom¬ 
patible with the researches there to be made, they neutralize 
your own labours, and give offence to those who superintend 
your studies. In the coming session, let no complaint reach 
our ears of the conduct of any one within that room. And in 
this place I w T ould likewise remark, that if you take an equal 
pride in rendering yourselves as competent anatomists of the 
ox and sheep as of the horse, using aright the other means 
placed at your disposal, it may be confidently predicted that, 
although you may not see during your studies as much of the 
diseases of these animals as could be wished, you will here¬ 
after become good cattle pathologists; reaping the benefit of 
your own exertions in a pecuniary point of view, and serving 
your country’s cause at the same time, by protecting no in¬ 
considerable portion of her wealth. 
