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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888
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142 UNIVEKSITY OF ILLINOIS. Veterinary materia medica, which in the extended sense of the term, treats of every agent and material, used for the cure of disease, or injury, or the preservation of health among the domestic animals, is taught during the winter term, by lectures illustrated by specimens of all the drugs used in veterinary practice, also by giving the names of diseases which they are supposed to cure, with formulas of the best combinations of medicines to be used in certain diseases, as well as the best modes of administering medicines, the circumstances which modify their actions, and the writing out of prescriptions. Our clinics have become very popular and are very well attended. The farmers of the surrounding country, and the owners of stock in both Champaign and Urbana, seem to appreciate highly the advantages of our free Wednesday's clinic. This has been of signal benefit to the class, and we have had a great variety of cases to operate on and prescribe for. The class is also taught to determine the age of the horse by his teeth; the use of veterinary instruments; the best method of casting horses for operations, and the difference between the pulse in health and sickness. They perform operations according to my directions on horses and cattle. I am glad to be able to say that the interest in the work o£ this department is increasing, as is shown by the increase in the number of those taking the course, and the earnestness exhibited by the young men under my instructions. Allow me in closing to express thanks to you, sir, personally, for the interest you have been pleased to show in the work of this department.
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