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My object, therefore, in offering the following 

 remarks, is not to trench upon the sphere of the 

 professional veterinary surgeon or riding-master, 

 but to render horse-proprietors independent of the 

 dictation of ignorant farriers and grooms. In- 

 tending this little work merely as a useful manual 

 T have purposely avoided technicalities, as belong- 

 ing exclusively to the professional man, and en- 

 deavoured to present my dissertations on disease 

 in the most comprehensive' terms possible, propos- 

 ing only simple remedies as far as they go. 



When definitions of a case become delicate 

 and incomprehensible to the uninitiated, they 

 obviously belong to those who have studied ana- 

 tomy professionally, though, for the satisfaction 

 of my readers, I may mention that, as an ama- 

 teur, I have myself devoted much time and 

 thought to that science, and that any treatment 

 of disease herein recommended has been care- 

 fully perused and approved by a veterinary sur- 

 geon. Theories are excluded, and I confine my- 

 self simply to practical rules founded on my own 

 experience. 



Hints and remarks are here offered to the general 

 public, which, to practical men, will appear trifling 



