PREFACE, 



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JN EXT in dignity to that branch of the medicat 

 art which is applicable to the human species, 

 me may, with propriety, class that which has 

 for its object the diseases of the horse. 



It therefore appears extraordinary, that, 

 until a recent period, neither humanity nor in- 

 terest should have prompted mankind to inves- 

 tigate, (In scientific principles, the Veterinary 

 Art, which must certainly be of the first im- 

 portance in a country which abounds with the 

 finest horses in the world. 



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