PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



The Author offers the present production to the notice of 

 the Public as a work in which the Principles of Veterinary 

 Medicine and Surgery are deduced from their natural or 

 legitimate sources — the Anatomy and Physiology of the 

 Animal. Upon no other foundation can a rational practice 

 be instituted for the Cure of Disease; and even this re- 

 quires tempering by experience ere it is rendered suitable 

 and effectual. The Author's experience is derived from 

 twenty years* service in the Army. 



Next to the solicitude of rendering his work of value in 

 a medical or practical point of view, the Author has felt 

 desirous of adapting it for general use ; and on that account, 

 has refrained from the introduction of technical language 

 beyond what appeared essential to the completion of his 

 primary design, as well as refused admission to other Names 

 for Diseases than those by which they are popularly known 

 and understood : though these appellations he has, as occa- 

 sion seemed to require, both qualified and explained. 



The Nosological Arrangement of the work the Author 

 has been led to adopt after much unsatisfactory research 



