PREFACE 



never before been givei. in any American publication. There are also 

 given the various new ~emedies of like character of our own country, 

 which have recently come into use, and which have demonstrated their 

 success in the cure of physical ailments. These remedies will be 

 found as easy of access as they are inexpensive and safe, reliable and 

 effectual ; and they are free from the dangers attending the use of poi- 

 sonous or deleterious drugs, which while removing one disease too 

 frequently pave the way for some more dangerous malady, or under- 

 mine the constitution. 



The merits of this book are not obscured by any effort to mystify 

 its contents with high sounding phrases, or euphonious but incompre- 

 hensible technicalities. Everything will be found in plain, pointed 

 and easily apprehended language, and condensed so as to convey its 

 lessons in the most direct and least ambiguous terms. It makes no 

 demand for professional learning or hard study. The rationale of 

 treatment in all cases is given in such simple and thorough manner 

 that the commonest apprehension will be able to utilize the remedies 

 intelligently and successfully, and the average reader can avail himself 

 of its aid as readily and as effectually as the most accomplished scholar. 



There are embodied in this book, departments adapted to the 

 views and requirements of the adherents of the different schools of 

 Medicine; while the owners of Live-stock, or those interested in Hor- 

 ticulture, will find much that is new and of practical value and utility, 

 that will be certain to challenge their approval and greatly conduce to 

 their advantage and profit. 



