IV PREFACE. 



among the many plans already in existence. He is fully 

 conscious of its imperfections : but, after the signal failures 

 that have occurred in attempts to frame *' Systems of 

 Nosology/' what is to be expected from a writer on a 

 branch of science which is not even furnished with an 

 established Nomenclature ? 



The completed Work consists of Four Volumes ; which, 

 though connected as a whole, are so constructed that 

 each may be separately perused. The present volume 

 treats especially of the External Disorders, The Second 

 will comprehend those that are Internal. The Third 

 will, more especially, be devoted to a consideration 

 of such specific diseases, as are of too much importance 

 to be condensed into the limits of the previous volumes. 

 While the Fourth, illustrated by highly finished coloured 

 engravings, will be confined to Lameness, and the Affections 

 of the Foot. 



