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inaugural address. 
At the present time we are but scantily supplied with 
works on the Anatomy of the Horse, a defect which we 
hope will not long continue, and not only this be removed, 
but also the great one of our having no standard work as a 
text-book on the anatomy of domesticated animals. 
With reference to the latter subject, although of great 
importance perhaps in a practical point of view, a knowledge 
of the general anatomy of these animals is actually not so 
necessary. As far as visceral anatomy of these animals is 
concerned, it will, however, be entered into by your teachers 
quite as fully as that of the horse, and you will be expected 
to understand it quite as well; I therefore advise you to use 
every means within your reach to acquire it. Having, 
however, obtained a general knowledge of the nature of the 
viscera of one animal, you will be better able to understand 
that of any other. The book of nature is sure to be correct, 
and if her works are well looked at and frequently-studied, 
they are far better than any other source of information. 
With reference to the study of physiology, I should 
recommend to you only two or three works, viz,, 1st, Kirks 
and Paget’s c Manual of Physiology; ” 2ndly, a small work, 
but a very good one, by Dr. Bennett; and, Srdly, a manual 
on the same science by Dr. Carpenter, and ‘ Physiological 
Anatomy/ a work in two volumes, by Todd and Bowman. 
In these you will find all the matter you require. I might 
mention others, but 1 should advise you not to consult too 
man}', as your mind might thereby be confused. 
On the subject of pathlogical anatomy you cannot do 
better than consult a work, in tw T o volumes, by Paget. For 
structural anatomy and the anatomy of particular organs, by 
all means make use of the work by Dr. Sharpey and Professor 
Ellis. As far as my own lectures are concered on these sub¬ 
jects, I make this my text-book. With regard to works 
relating to pharmacy, materia medica, and chemistry, I shall 
leave the naming of them entirely in the hand of your teacher, 
who is much more able than myself to point out such as he 
thinks best. 
Thus, gentlemen, I have endeavoured to convey to you, 
imperfectly I fear, an idea of the importance of acquiring all 
the knowledge you possibly can, appertaining to the pro¬ 
fession you have chosen. I sincerely hope that the remarks 
I have made may act as incentives to industry, and also in¬ 
ducements to steady exertion, both during your pupilage 
and in after life, to uphold and support, not only the character 
of the profession, but also your own. You may think, perhaps, 
from w r hat you have been told, that the public are in- 
