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tions to the organism, and in many instances have specific 
powers of acting on various parts of the animal frame. The 
more you are acquainted with these powers, the more certainly 
you will be enabled to treat successfully the various maladies 
to which in practice your attention will be drawn. Medicines 
also possess general powers, as purgatives, diuretics, sudori- 
fics, &c., which, by influencing the whole animal frame, tend 
to remove diseases, even when they are localized in special 
organs; so that both the doctrines of local and of general 
treatment are approved by experience. My advice to you is 
to make no hobby of either systems, but carefully to study and 
firmly to stand upon what experience has shown to be sub¬ 
stantial in both. 
There are many other subjects upon which I could dwell, 
but time, and I fear also your patience, warns me to be brief. 
I will simply, therefore, now announce to you that in the 
ensuing session, as heretofore, Professor Simonds will deliver 
the lectures on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of 
the domestic animals, excepting the horse. Professor Varnell 
will give the- course on descriptive anatomy and physiology; 
Professor Tuson on chemistry and materia medica. Sir. 
Pritchard will give you practical demonstrations on anatomy, 
and generally assist you in the dissecting-room; while it will 
be my duty to act as your pioneer on the structural anatomy, 
physiology, and pathology of the horse. You will also receive 
daily clinical instruction in the practice of the College from 
Professors Simonds, Varnell, and myself. Gentlemen, let 
me bespeak your kind attention for all of us who have the 
responsible offices of teachers in this College. Let me assure 
you that your punctuality, your diligence, your interest in 
your studies, and your intelligence in the pursuit of them, 
will make our task easy and pleasant, will impart that agree¬ 
able consciousness between teachers and taught which sym¬ 
pathy engenders among friends, and will cause us to remem¬ 
ber your faces and your presence here with encouragement 
and satisfaction long after you shall have quitted these 
walls. 
In the library of the Veterinary Medical Association, 
of which I trust you will all become members, you will find 
an ample store of veterinary literature, embracing all the 
collateral subjects and sciences requisite to assist you in your 
studies. It will be necessary also that you should possess 
certain books for daily reference, a list of which you can 
obtain in the office of the College. 
In the Association itself you will have the means, at its 
evening meetings, of exchanging ideas, and giving and im- 
