PREFACE. 



In writing these pages tlie author has endeavored to give a short, 

 accurate, and clear definition of the modern knowledge of diseases of 

 the dog, and to adapt his treatise to the requirements of the profession. 



Speculations and hypotheses have been studiously avoided, while, 

 on the other hand, plain facts have received careful consideration. 



Diagnosis has been given the most prominent place, as it deserves 

 in a work of this kind, and the author has endeavored to establish the 

 symptoms with their relation to the disease and to confine their thera- 

 peutic treatment to a knowledge of normal and pathological anatomy 

 and physiology, for he believes that it is on a clear and accurate knowl- 

 edge of the normal and pathological structure of life the fundamental 

 base of clinical science lies. 



The writer has also included some selected formulae which he 

 considers of practical value to the reader. 



Due consideration has been given to modern literature whenever it 

 appeared consistent, and a glance at the contents will also show that the 

 author has added the results of his own researches and observations. 

 These have been derived from his experience as director of the clinic of 

 small animals in this locality. 



His space has been somewhat restricted, and he has had to dispense 

 with the details of the bibliography of our literature, but this is not of 

 much consequence when we have such works as Friedberger and Froh- 

 ner's, Hoffmann's, Vogel's, and others at our disposal. 



The illustrations in this work are nearly all original. Some, however, 

 have been obtained from other works, principally from Ellenberg and 

 Baum's Anatomy of the Dog, edited by Paul Parey, and the author 

 expresses his thanks for their use. 



The author would feel gratified if his work be favorably received 

 by those who are interested in the diseases of the dog. 



G. MULLER. 



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