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niS ESTEEMED FRIENDS AND TEACHERS 



THE ACKNOWLEDGED FATHERS OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION 



IN AMERICA 



JAMES L. ROBERTSON, M.D., D.V.S. 



PROFESSOR OF THEORY AND PRACTICE AKD CLINICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE 

 AND 



ALEXANDER F. LIAUTARD, M.D., V.M. 



PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, OPERATIVE SURGERY, SANITARY 

 MEDICINE AND JTRISPRUDENCE, ANT) DEAN OF THE FACtXTY 



IN THE 



AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE 



BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 

 NEW YORK CITY 



FOR THEIR UNTIRING WORK 



THIS 19 SINCERELY DEDICATED BY 



THE AUTHOR 



