1 84 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



by Lieutenant-General Sir F. Fitzwygram, Bart., 

 published by Longmans, Green & Co., London, 

 with sound knowledge on each page and many 

 valuable illustrations. This work will always 

 remain fresh and up-to-date, because each edition 

 is revised with care, one by Mr. W. B. Watters, 

 Army Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon, to whom 

 the author desires to express his great obli- 

 gation. 



To the casual student of veterinary, quite 

 content to abide by the decision of one standard 

 author on such a many-sided subject, I advise the 

 purchase of " Horses and Stables." But if a 

 reader imagines even from that well-written book 

 to be able to doctor his own stock or his friends' 

 solely from the knowledge derived, I beg to 

 differ with him. Nobody excepting a seer could 

 make theory equal to practice in vetting or any 

 other branch of learning. It is impossible. Why, 

 then, try? My answer is merely to express a 

 hope that the veterinary art may be approached 

 by amateurs in a reverent manner, and to realise 

 the truth of the adage that a little knowledge 

 is a dangerous thing. Much will have been 

 gained if a reader can learn to detect a good vet 

 from a medium one, and a medium vet from a 

 bad one. A bad vet may be a clever man in 

 other respects, but lack a knowledge of veterinary. 

 Many instances of this have been known, some 

 having reaped pecuniary success, yet never 

 having mastered a thorough insight into that 

 high gift, diagnosing correctly. 



It is the diagnosing, then, that is half the 



