N i^ V I IT ' s 



VETERINARY PRACTICE, 



OR 



EXPLANATORY HOESE DOCTOR. 



Written in Plain and Common Language, for the Use of the Farmer, 



Breeder, or Owner of the Horse, to enable him to Treat 



Correctly and Successfully, all the Diseases to 



which the Horse is Liable. 



COPIOUSEY ILLUSTEATED BY CUTS AND ENGRAVINGS. 



BY JOHN NICHOLSON NAVIN. 



VETEEINARY SURGEON. 



The Reasons why every Horse Owner should have the Explanatory Horse Doctorate: 



1st. Because with it the life or limb of a valuable animal may be saved, 



2(1. Because any man who reads can consult it at any moment, and apply or ad- 

 minister the best remedies without delay. 



3d. With this book time can be saved, as without it, the horse may die with some 

 acute disease before a doctor could be brought from some distant town or city. 



4th. Because every horse owner can afford to buy it, and cannot afford to be 

 without it, as the loss of the use of a team for one day would be more than the cost of 

 the book, and it has already saved many men forty times its cost in a single case. 



5th. It costs nothing to consult the work, and get the very best advice, while it 

 will probably cost twice the price of the book, each call, to procure the services of a 

 Veterinary Surgeon, who may be unskillful, with little or no experience. 



6th. Because the horse, (like man,) is subject to disease, and the services of a 

 horse doctor cannot be procured in many localities, only at too great a loss of time 

 and expense. 



7th. All will concede that all diseases of the horse should be treated at the earli- 

 est possible moment, hence the necessity of a reliable work, that can be consulted 

 without delay. 



8th. It teaches you how to select, or purchase, the most hardy, kind and durable 

 horse for service, breeding, &c. 



9th. It teaches how to tell the age of the horse, so that a boy twelve years old may 

 not be deceived. 



ILLUSTRATED BY ASERIESOF BEAUTIFUL CUTSOFTHETEETHASTHEY APPEAR AT DIFFERENT AGES. 

 10. It is the only work on the subject adapted to the understanding of the public 

 in general. 



Sold only by subscription, through our duly appointed agents, at $3.60 in cloth 

 binding, and at $4.25 in library binding. 



EXTRA INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO GOOD AGENTS 

 Address, for full particulars, 



ROACH & THISTLETHWAITE, 



Publishers, Indianapolis, Ind. 



