LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of AGEicui^TtiRE, 



Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 Washim/ton, D. C, June 1, 1903. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the mimuscript of the 

 revised edition of the Special lleport on Diseases of the Horse, in 

 accordance with the following resolution: 



[PuBBic Resolution — No. 33.] 



JOIXT RESOLUTION providing for the publication of two hundred thousand copies of the Special 

 Beport on Diseases of the Horse. 



Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

 Congress assembled, That there be printed and bound in cloth two hundred thousand 

 copies of the Special Eeport on the Diseases of the Horse, the same to be first revised 

 and brought up to date, under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, one 

 hundred and twenty-eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, 

 sixty-four thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and eight thousand copies for 

 the use of the Department of Agriculture. 



Approved, June 24, 1902. 



This report was first issued in 1890, and was at once accorded a hearty 

 reception by the horse owners of the country. The limited edition 

 that the Department was able to publish was ver}^ soon exhausted, and 

 the demand then turned upon members of the National Legislature. 

 The result was that Congress has ordered reprints from time to time 

 until the total number of copies issued, not including the number pro- 

 vided for in the above resolution, was but little short of half a million. 



The manuscript submitted herewith has been carefully revised either 

 b}^ the authors of the several articles or by veterinarians of wide 

 reputation. An entirely new article on " The examination of a horse," 

 by Dr. Leonard Pearson, State veterinarian of Pennsj'lvania, is 

 included; and the cha.pter on shoeing in this edition is written by 

 Dr. J. W. Adams, professor of surgery and lecturer on shoeing, 

 veterinary department. University of Penns3dvania. 



In presenting this revised edition, I desire to make the same observa- 

 tions that were made when the first manuscript was submitted, which 

 were as follows: 



This report upon diseases of the horse has been prepared with great care by a 

 number of the most eminent members of the veterinary profession in the United 

 States. The production of a work of this character is a task of such magnitude that 

 it could not be undertaken by any one man with a prosi:)ect of its early completion. 

 It was deemed best, therefore, to divide the subject into sections and to place the 

 preparation of each section in the hands of a veterinarian whose practical experience 



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