P R E F A C E. 



In adding one more work to the very many already 

 before the public on the Veterinary Science, a few 

 brief remarks may be necessary. 



Within the last few years many considerable im- 

 provements have been accomplished throu2:h the ad- 

 mirable and persevering skill of Messrs. Bracey, Clark, 

 Percival, and Blaine, who, in co-operation with other 

 numerous Professors of the Royal Veterinary College, 

 London, have brought the art to an unprecedented and 

 almost unhoped for celebrity. It is the object of the 

 author in this work to circulate all these advantages 

 as widely as possible ; to urge their utility, and to dis- 

 play in their truest colours the absurd and oftentimes 

 barbarous practices, even at this advanced period of 

 the science, still prevalent in many parts of the 

 country. 



The book is consequently such as will come within 

 the reach of the poorer as well as of the richer portion 

 of the community, and will, I trust, be found sufficiently 

 easy and explanatory. Many new recipes are inserted, 

 and the Diseases of the Horse are treated af some 

 length. 



