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PREFACE. 



The present attempt to exhibit in a concise form a detailed 

 accoimt of the f)rincipal diseases to Avhich the horse is hable, 

 and the modes of their management in accordance with what 

 are known as the recognised general principles of medicine, 

 has been undertaken chiefly with the view of providing for 

 my students the means of following more easily and intelli- 

 gibly the teaching which is given in the course of Hippo- 

 pathology carried out in this institution. 



I have not touched upon that part of the study of medi- 

 cine recognised as the theory or science, but have restricted 

 myself to the subject-matter of the class- work. 



The former has been in text-books, and is now in lectures 

 in a systematic form, more ably dealt with than might be 

 carried through by one who has continuously devoted his 

 attention more to the practical details than to the speculative 

 or experimental inquiries of professional Avork. 



To the busy practitioner of veterinary medicine, Imowing 

 how much isolation is apt to dwarf or egotize him, I am 

 not without hope that this digest of the practice of equine 

 medicine may prove useful, by recalling to his recollection 

 facts and conditions liable to be forgotten, and by giving him 

 the views and conclusions of another regarding conditions 

 which are daily engaging his attention, and often taxing his 

 resources. 



The plan of the text-book is laid out in three sections. 

 The two earlier, which are exceedingly brief, direct attention 

 to the objects which engage the energies of the practitioner 

 of animal medicine, the methods by which he may gather 

 information in and for the prosecution of the practice of his 

 work ; together with a notice of the classification adopted in 



