CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



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Was first sown in Greece ; next nurtured in Rome— Languished during the 



dark a^-es Revived in the sixteenth century — Aided by the translation 



of the writings of Vegetius— The succeeding age still further cultivated 



it The eighteenth century marked by veterinary writings of acknow- 



ledo-ed merit, and by the establishment of the fii-st public school of the 

 art— The subsequent march of veterinary science may be legibly traced 

 in the works of the many eminent authors who have since written on it . I — 4 



SECTION II. 



HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



Our first improvements were coupled with the arts of the menage borrowed 

 from France and Germany — The early writings on the subject were 

 mostly translations from the French — The English school was stimulated 

 by the works of Sollysel, towards the middle of the last century ; Great 

 Britain also began to furnish native writers and eminent practitioners- 

 History of the Veterinary College— A short sketch of the more promi- 

 nent English writers on the subject 4 — 6 



SECTION III. 



THE HISTORY OF THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 



St. Bel makes two attempts to found a Veterinary School— He is appointed 

 professor— Review of his deserts— Messrs. Coleman and Moorcroft ap- 

 pointed to succeed him — Medical Committee established — Review of 

 Coleman's character— Succeeding professors up to the present time— Her 

 Majesty grants a Charter to the Veterinary Profession . . 6—11 



SECTION IV. 



/ THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HORSE. 



Whether Job had horses, discussed — Change of breed induced by altera- 

 tions in National customs — Comparison made between horse and dog — 

 The external conformation of the horse — The teeth as indications of the 

 age — Also to be depended upon in other animals — Exterior conforma- 

 tion continued — The Colours and Markings of Horses . . . 11 — 50 



SECTION V. 



THE CONDITION OF HORSES. 



The Conventional Term of Condition, its real meaning — Morbid Condition 

 — System of getting a Horse into Condition— Injury of purgatives as 

 promoters of condition ........ 51 — 53 



