1^2 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



you called in a vet — who shook his head with a 

 shake significant of a critical case — it might be 

 too late to undo the injury. The patient would 

 be weakened by being unnecessarily purged, the 

 influenza might have increased — it would have 

 been your fault if the horse died and the vet sent 

 in a bill for useless though expensive services. 



The more an amateur knows, the more eagerly 

 will he be to enlist the services of a first-rate 

 member of the veterinary profession, because he 

 knows that in the long run prevention is better 

 than cure ; and, in the case of a dealer, it is better 

 to pay a vet to pass a high-priced horse and keep 

 him sound afterwards. Suppose you buy a horse 

 on your own judgment, and discover that he will 

 "not pass a vet" when a certificate of soundness 

 is required by a customer who will give a high 

 figure on no other stipulation ? It would have 

 been cheaper to have paid for a veterinary exami- 

 nation. Following the already laid down advice, 

 the reader better carefully study "The Compara- 

 tive Anatomy of the Common Domesticated 

 Animals," a book in use at the Royal Veterinary 

 College. The illustrations are excellent, and it 

 would be advisable to purchase bones through 

 the secretary to the College at Camden Town, 

 and after a few explanations from a local vet, 

 these illustrations, when thus carefully explained 

 through the medium of the actual bones, will 

 insure a knowledge of anatomy which cannot 

 fail to be interesting and valuable afterwards in 

 diagnosing diseases. 



Other books which at this stage should prove 



