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the most punctual attendance on their demonstrations, will 
alike fail to make you practical anatomists. This knowledge 
must be acquired by yourselves, and for yourselves. Early 
and late must you labour with scalpel in hand and text-book 
by your side, in disuniting the one from the other of the 
several component parts of the body, and in studying their 
mutual relationship and development. Minutiae of this kind 
must be mastered, or you can never hope to rise to eminence 
in your profession. It may be true that you will never have 
to perform those delicate operations which the human sur¬ 
geon has, but in the daily routine of practice you will have 
a far greater necessity for an intimate acquaintance with the 
details of organization. Scarcely a case of lameness can be 
brought before you without requiring for its correct diagnosis 
a knowledge of the several structures of the limb; and in the 
examination of horses upon purchase, this branch of science 
is perfectly indispensable. Your teachers have not been un¬ 
mindful of these things, nor of the assistance which you will 
require in your dissections. To perfect you, therefore, in 
this branch of study, and also to stimulate your exer¬ 
tions, prosectors will be selected from among the senior 
pupils, who, on passing their examinations, will receive cer¬ 
tificates of their having filled this office. Besides the daily 
demonstrations in the theatre, arrangements have likewise 
been made to fill up the vacancy which had been caused by 
the retirement of Mr. Corbey, by the appointment of Mr. 
Good as your future instructor in practical anatomy in the 
dissecting-room. Tis but recently that this gentleman oc¬ 
cupied his place among you as a student; and his uniform 
good conduct, gentlemanly demeanour,and unremitting atten¬ 
tion to his studies, at that time, are our assurances that he 
will faithfully perform the duties which now devolve upon 
him. 
I come now to the means at your disposal for obtaining a 
knowledge of pathology. 
The nature and consequences of the several maladies affect¬ 
ing animals, together with the principles regulating their 
treatment, medically or surgically, will be inculcated in the 
lecture-room; but it is in the Infirmary where, in your daily 
round with your teachers, you must observe the symptoms 
and watch the progress of each particular affection. The 
number of patients which are admitted, will afford a fair 
opportunity of your mastering the details of practice as it 
occurs in this large metropolis. On the whole, however, the 
variety will not be so great as is seen in many parts of the 
country. Your teachers will, however, endeavour to com- 
