PREFACE. 



THIRD REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION. 



It is now nearly five years since the SECOND 

 REVISED EDITION of this MANUAL of VETERINARY 

 HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS was issued. Since that 

 period, this system of VETERINARY HOMCEPATHIC 

 SPECIFICS has come more and more into general use, 

 aud a demand for a yet more complete and compre- 

 hensive work has been created. The general treat- 

 ment of the diseases noted in the previous editions 

 has been preserved, only that the doses of medicine 

 have been somewhat increased, to conform more to 

 popular usage and the practice of many veterinary 

 surgeons. Still, doses are yet an open question, and 

 the quantity given at a time is far less important than 

 the kind of medicine. Several new sections have 

 been added, notably those upon SPINAL MENINGITIS 

 in horses, and on the so-called HOG CHOLERA, and a 

 chapter on DISEASES OF POULTRY. 



With these additions and annotations, we commend 

 this manual to the attention of all engaged in the 

 Breeding or Handling of Domestic Animals, as em- 

 bodying the most plain, concise, simple, and yet 

 effective method of treatment ever offered to the 

 public. 



F. HUMPHREYS, M. D. 

 New York, Sept., 1877. 



