Editors' Preface 



Hutyra & Marek's Spezielle PatJwlogie und Therapie cler 

 Haustiere is generally recognized as tlie most comprehensive 

 and authoritative treatise on the theory and practice of veter- 

 inary medicine in Germany, Austria and Hungary, and has been 

 adopted as a textbook by all the veterinary colleges in these 

 countries, as well as in Switzerland. 



The favorable reception of previous editions in foreign lan- 

 guages has convinced us that the work has found favor with the 

 professions abroad, and the present edition, which has been 

 prepared in response to a frequently expressed desire for such 

 a translation, should prove equally valuable to the English- 

 speaking veterinarian. The chapter on infectious diseases mil 

 also appeal to physicians and sanitarians who have to deal with 

 the diseases communicable from animals to man, and it may 

 reasonably be anticipated that the work as a whole will serve 

 as an authoritative guide, and also as an admirable textbook 

 and a standard of reference for students and practitioners, 

 especially those who graduated before modern science had 

 thrown its light upon the etiology of disease. 



We wish to express sincere thanks to our eminent collabora- 

 tors for their able assistance in translating portions of this 

 work, and to Drs. Henry J. Washburn and Jacob Traum, of 

 AVashington, D. C, for their aid in proofreading and in the 

 preparation of the index. Acknowledgment is also due the pub- 

 lisher, Mr. Alexander Eger, for his uniform courtesy and assist- 

 ance in many ways. 

 Washington, D. C, Aug. 16, 1912. 



MOHLER & EICHHORN. 



