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If any person is disposed to prepare himself for a regular horse 

 doctor, in the absence of a regular college, he can have no better means 

 of doing so than by the careful study of this work. It is the very best 

 text-book for the veterinary surgeon. After studying it, the reader will 

 be able to take up the works of Youatt, Percival, Dadd, and others who 

 have written books for the profession, and read them with profit. This 

 book furnishes a key or explanation of such works. Its dictionary ex- 

 plains the words found in those books, which so often cover up their 

 meaning. It renders the road to the study of veterinary practice simple 

 and easy ; so that, by its lights and guides, the man of common educa- 

 tion and common sense may become a first-rate veterinary surgeon, or 

 thoroughly informed horse doctor. 



