PREFACE. V 



Not among the least benefits conferred by this new 

 method is the ease and simplicity with which the 

 proper medicine is administered. No tying, bottling, 

 struggling, or choking are necessary. A neat little 

 glass instrument (the Medicator) is put into the medi- 

 cine, and takes up the requisite dose a few drops 

 and at the proper moment, is placed in the mouth of 

 the animal and discharged; in an instant the dose is 

 given, and an amount of labor is thus saved to the 

 owner, and of suffering to the animal, which is by no 

 means trivial. Hundreds of animals annually die, or 

 are rendered valueless from disease and drugging, 

 that may be saved and promptly restored by the use 

 of the Case of Veterinary Specifics. Several of our 

 most experienced horsemen have given it their un- 

 qualified commendation, and use it daily in their es- 

 tablishments. 



In the execution of this design I have consulted 

 every authority and drawn upon every resource within 

 my reach, and the experience of each has been made 

 to contribute to the perfection of the whole, and all 

 has been combined and compared with my now 

 nearly twenty years of observation, study, and exper- 

 ience in the practice of Homoeopathy. We flatter 

 ourselves that for simplicity, completeness, and reli- 

 ability it will commend itself to the judgment of a 

 discerning public. 



F. HUMPHREYS, M.D. 



New York, May 18, 1860. 



