'^ Mr. Blaine, we believe, is the firft who has at- 

 tempted, in the Englifli language, a fyflematic view 

 of the whole, founded upon fcientific principles, in 

 conformity ^ith the modern difcoveries in anatomy 

 and phyfiology ; and with the modern theories, con- 

 cerning the nature and caufes of the different morbid 

 changes which the living frame undergoes/' 



*' In treating of each difeafe, he gives a clear and 

 accurate defcription of its fj^mptoms ; points out its 

 caufes, ftates the degree of danger, and the ufual 

 modes of termination ; and fubjoins a hmple, ra- 

 tional, and fcientific plan of cure. What a pleafmg 

 contrafl this forms to the miferable productions en- 

 titled " Stable Directories," " Complete Farriery," 

 &c., every page of which is crammed with farragoes, 

 called receipts ; certainly not inert, but often poffelT- 

 ing a potency of the moll dangerous fort." 



" It appears to us, that this Work is the befl and moil 

 fcientific fyflem of the veterinary art that has hi- 

 therto appeared in this country ; and we therefore 

 recommend it to all who are defirous of acquiring a 

 competent knowledge of the ftrudlure and difeafes of 

 the horfe, and other domeftic quadrupeds." 



Britijh Critic. 



To the above Teflimonies may be added, that 



this "Work is at this moment tranflating into feveral 

 other languages, by order of foreign colleges. 



