COMPEJ^DIUM 



OF 



THE VETERINARY ART: 



CONTAINING 



PLAIN AND CONCISE OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION 

 AND MANAGEMENT OF THE STABLE; 



A BRIEF AND POPULAR OUTLINE OF 



THE STRUCTURE AND ECONOMY OF THE HORSE; 



THE NATURE, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES AND 

 ACCIDENTS TO WHICH THE HORSE IS LIABLE ; 



THE BEST METHODS OF PERFORilING VARIOUS IMPORTANT OPERATIONS; 



WITH 



ADVICE TO THE PURCHASERS OF HORSES; 



AND 



^ copious i^nterfn iilctrfca anti ^i)armaropa:ia. 



BY JAMES WH:ITE, 



LATE VETERINARY SURGEON OF TUB-FlRST OR ROYAL DRAGOONS. 



EIGHTEENTH EBITIOUT, 



ENTIRELY RECONSTRUCTED, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS, 

 BRINGING THE WORK UP TO THE PBESENT STATE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE, 



BY W. C. SPOON ER, 



VETERINARY SURGEON, 



HONORARY ASSOCIATE OF THE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 



AUTHOR OF TREATISES ON THE INFLUENZA, AND THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS, AND 



DISEASES OF THE FOOT AND LEG OF THE HORSE, 



AND OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND'S PRIZE ESSAYS. 



LONDON: 



LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS; 



SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO. ; WHITTAKER AND CO. ; 



HOULSTOX AND STONEMAX ; AND TEGG AND CO. 



1851. 



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