PREFACE. vii 



Newspaper Agriculturalists, and all unite in com- 

 mendation of their excellence and recommendation 

 of their use. 



But few alterations have been found necessary. 

 The doses have been rendered more uniform, and 

 ten drops has been fixed as the standard for horses, 

 experience having shown that while less might be suf- 

 ficient, more would not be injurious, and that while 

 the exact number cannot always be arrived at, this 

 standard of Ten drops is the dose which should be 

 approximated as nearly as the circumstances permit, 

 will be found the most convenient and effective. 



Several new articles have been added. Notably 

 that upon the CANADIAN HORSE DISEASE or Epizoo- 

 tic of which quite full description and treatment is 

 given. A very large experience has shown how 

 amply those Specifics are adapted to the cure of this 

 disease. Among the many thousands treated by 

 them in this city and elsewhere, none so far as can 

 be ascertained, has terminated unfavorably. And 

 such has been the demand for them that our Books 

 have run out and the entire energies of the establish- 

 ment have been taxed to keep up with the demand. 



With the additions and corrections now made, I 

 cannot but think this Manual will more than ever 

 commend itself to all who have the welfare of our 

 Domestic Animals at heart, and who desire, when 

 such have the misfortune to become sick or diseased, 

 to have remedies on hand which are simple, conven- 

 ient and efficient for their cure. 



F. HUMPHREYS, M.D. 

 NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 1872. 



