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the means of preserving them in health, and the art o( 

 removing their diseases, in a manner nt ojice instruc- 

 tive, satisfuctorvj and entertaining; an-J, as such, in- 

 teresting readers of every class. 



To form a progressive arrangement of its subjectSj 

 the Work is divided into three parts. 



Part I. is appropriated to the coliaterai branches 

 of the veterinarv art, commeneinsr \\ith tlie historv 

 of medicine in general, and proceeding to an histori- 

 cal account of that branch of it, that, as applied to 

 the diseases of domestic animals, is termed veteriiiary 

 medicine ;. or, as immediatelv re^ardina: the horse, is 

 called /<7?7'itrj/ ; — the particular history of this art in 

 England ; with a co?npanson between English and 

 continental farriery : — a history of the rise, origin, 

 and progress of tl)e Veterinary College: — chemistry, 

 and its relation with tlie healing art : — the laws of 

 organic life; with a comparative view of the various 

 anisiials surrounding us. 



Part II. considers the anatomical structure, func- 

 tions, and oeconomy of tlie horse, commencing with 

 his exterior conformation, and proceeding to a de- 

 scription of the internal parts ; comparing them wiiii 

 those of ihe ox, sheep, and dog ; and accompanying 

 the whole with plates, illustrative of the subjects de- 

 scribed, drawn from the subjects by the aut'nor. 



Part ill. is intended to teach the practice of 

 this art, by a systematic arrangement of the diseases 

 of tlie horse into twenty classes, united with a more 

 concise account of these of the ox, sheep, and dog. 

 The plan of medical treatment laid down and direct- 

 ed will be found entirely new^ ; founded on reason and- 

 science, and consonant to the late great improve- 



