INTRODUCTION. 



The rapid sale of this work has established its 

 character upon the surest foundation ; and in a 

 manner equally gratifying and honourable to the 

 author. 



From the improved state of physiological and 

 chemical knowledge, and an unremitting attention 

 to Veterinary Practice, he has been enabled to 

 introduce some very considerable improvements; 

 and there has been added an entirely new feature 

 to the work, namely, a Treatise on the Prevalent 

 Diseases of Dogs, with such recipes for their cure, 

 as the experience of the Authors of the Treatise has 

 convinced them are the most efficacious. This ad- 

 dition will doubtless be welcomed by the readers 

 of the work : of its utility there can be no doubt. 



Notwithstanding the great opposition which 

 many years ago was made by some interested 

 farriers, who were decided enemies to the first 

 publication of this work, the author has had the 



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