NOTE. 



While lecturing on the diseases of the clog the writer recognized the 

 fact that there was not in existence a work that could really be called a 

 text-book for the student and the practitioner; there were then, and 

 have been issued since, a number of "popular" works that endeavored 

 to fill the dual role of text-book for the veterinarian and a "Dog Book" 

 for the layman; these, as a rule, have been inadequate for the former and 

 confusing to the latter. With the purpose of supplying this want the 

 writer, several years ago, began to write a book on the subject, but two 

 3'ears ago read this work by Professor Mviller, and instantly recognized 

 its value as a text-book: every detail in the diseases of the dog being 

 carefully considered, and the whole so admirably arranged that the 

 student can readily find and study any subject in a clear and condensed 

 form. 



He secured from the author the right of translation, and has made 

 it as exact as possible, perhaps in some parts too literal, but has done so 

 in the endeavor to closely follow the original. He has also added, in 

 the proper places, the results of his own observations, and also every- 

 thing of value that has been added to veterinary science since the appear- 

 ance of Dr. Muller's work, thus making a second and much enlarged 

 edition. 



The metric system, as in the German work, has been followed, 

 with the hope that its use may be a slight aid to the general adoption 

 of what may be the future international system of measurement. 



ALEXANDER GLASS. 



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