826 GLASGOW COLLEGE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE. 
the richest capital. It makes friends; it creates funds; it 
draws around you patronage and support; and opens for you a 
sure and easy w'ay to health, to honour, and happiness. There 
are in tliis, and there are in every community, men of pro¬ 
perty and influence, who always stand ready to encourage 
and assist young men of enterprise and merit. The way is 
always open for such to establish themselves in business, and 
to rise in their calling, whatever it be. 
To place before you an outline of your studies, it will be 
necessary to state the particular subjects that you are called 
upon with which to engage your attention during the session. 
We have the department of veterinary medicine and surgery, 
and the pathology of the horse, ox, dog, and other domesticated 
animals ; secondly, we have veterinary anatomy and physio¬ 
logy; thirdly, veterinary materia medica ; fourthly, chemistry ; 
fifthly, practical anatomy and anatomical demonstrations; 
and, sixthly, there is practical pharmacy and clinical instruc¬ 
tion. Now, gentlemen, a very complete and extensive know¬ 
ledge of these subjects is required of you before yon can hope 
to pass successfully your examinations. There is scarcely 
one subject more important than another. It will not do to 
master one or two subjects to the partial exclusion of those 
which you may fancy are subservient, and occupy a subor¬ 
dinate position. They are each and all important, and a 
thorough knowledge of them is essentially requisite to fit you 
for your profession. My advice to you is to endeavour to 
master them by honest, earnest, and straightforward labour, 
for labour in every sense of the term it is, and you will have 
the satisfaction of knowing that, whatever vour success at 
your examinations and your after success in life may be, 
that you did to the utmost of your ability. 
By your attendance at the classes of this college you have 
given you facilities for obtaining information which are in 
themselves of vast service and utility. We undertake to 
educate you, scientifically and systematically, for the prac¬ 
tice of veterinary surgery; to instruct agriculturists, stock- 
proprietors and their subordinates, in the elements of sani¬ 
tary science, and in the treatment of simple diseases; to 
impart a knowledge of the principles which should Tegulate 
the housing and feeding of horses and cattle; to inculcate 
the principles of horse-shoeing; to afford opportunities, by 
clinical instruction, for recognising and distinguishing diseases 
in the living subject; and determining, with accuracy, the 
actions of medicines upon the lower animals.” Many other 
facilities are given you for obtaining that insight into the 
subjects of your profession, which go to make the successful 
