THE 



ADVOCATE OF VETERINARY REFORM 



AND 



OUTLINES 



OF 



ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 

 OF THE HORSE; 



ALSO, 



A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE VETERINARY SCIENCB 



IN ENGLAND, WITH PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON FEEDING, WATERING, 



GROOMING, SHOEING, &C, &C. : WRITTEN WITH A VIEW OF 



REFORMING THE VETERINARY SCIENCE, AND TEACHING 



EVERY MAN HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE IN 



ANIMALS. 



CONTAINING, ALSO, 



A VETERINARY DICTIONARY, 



SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF 



R. WHITE, V. S., 



OF LONDON, AND ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE REFORMED PRACTICE IN TH» 

 UNITED STATES, 



AS PRACTISED BY THE AUTHOR; 



WITH SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF YOUATT, PERCIVAL, AND CURTIS, TOGETHER WITH 

 REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS ON 



BLOODLETTING, AND THE USE OF POISONS; 



SHOWING THEIR DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCY, ETC. 



The fundamental principles taught in this work are, that all medicine should be given with a view of aiding 

 the vital power, instead of depressing, as heretofore. 



BY 



GEORGE H. DADD, M.D., 



PRACTITIONER OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 

 AUTHOR OF "DADD'S CHART OF REFORMED PRACTICE." 



BOSTON: 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 



1855. 



