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limits of the book a great part of what had been destined for a third 

 volume on General Surgery. Modern requirements demand not only 

 great compression in material but moderate bulk and cost of pro- 

 duction. In endeavouring to combine all these, no essential feature 

 has been sacrificed, and it is earnestly hoped that this latest venture 

 may receive at the hands of the veterinary profession no less favour- 

 able a reception than its predecessors. 



JNO. A. W. DOLLAR. 



56, New Bond Street, 



London, England, 



August, 1912. 



