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THE publication of this work ought to delight the heart of the veterinary student, for hitherto in his pursuit of physiological knowledge he has been compelled to rely upon works which deal exclusively with the human subject. However excellent such works may be and well adapted to the requirements of the human physiologist, they must necessarily contain much which is only of secondary importance to the veterinary student, and absolutely nothing concerning many questions which to him are of vital interest. For example, how needful to him is a thorough knowledge of the physiology of the horse's foot—the seat, as he is afterwards to learn, of manifold diseases. Yet clearly the consideration of this subject is outside the range of human physiology. Similarly the composition, digestibility, and feeding properties of the foods supplied to the various domestic animals are to him matters of paramount importance. Yet here again he finds himself left in the lurch by the standard works on human
A Manual of Veterinary Physiology.
By Vety.- Captain F. Smith (London: Baillière, Tindall, and Cox, 1892.)
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G., W. A Manual of Veterinary Physiology. Nature 47, 76 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/047076a0
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