PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION 



A NEW Edition of this standard work on Veterinary Materia 

 Medica has been wanted for some time. Prior to his 

 lamented death, Mr. Finlay Dun, recognising the urgency 

 of the demand, had commenced the preparation of the 

 Tenth Edition, which, on the plans indicated by his MS. 

 and marginal notes, has now been completed. Numerous 

 important alterations, rendered necessary by the publica- 

 tion of the new British Pharmacopoeia (1898), have been 

 made and many new remedies have been inserted. The 

 body of the work has been rearranged, and while every 

 article has been revised, no change has been made in the 

 principles enunciated by the author. To provide space 

 for the various additions and alterations without enlarging 

 the volume, the text in places dealing with the Chemistry 

 of Drugs has been curtailed. Revision has been carried 

 out with a constant regard to practical utility, and in the 

 hope that Dun's Veterinary Medicines will continue to serve 

 effectually the requirements of students and practitioners. 



The Editor desires gratefully to acknowledge his in- 

 debtedness to Professor German Sims Woodhead, Cam- 

 bridge University, for revising and extending the pages 

 on bacteria and antitoxins ; and to Professor John F. 

 M'Fadyean, Principal, Royal Veterinary College, for per- 

 mission to insert the directions for using mallein, tuberculin, 

 and black-quarter vaccine. Much valuable information 



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