PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION 



As the First and Second Editions of this work, published respectively 

 in 1895 an d 1902, have met with such a ready sale both at home and 

 abroad, and the demand for the book has been so encouraging, I 

 have been induced by the publishers to issue a Third Edition. I 

 have thoroughly revised the earlier work, rewritten and enlarged 

 the articles on Anthrax, Actinomycosis, Bots, Braxy, and Louping 

 111 in Sheep, White Scour in Calves, etc., and rearranged the 

 paragraphs on The Derangements and Diseases of the Generative 

 Organs. Several new plates have been added, showing microscopic 

 sections of the Anthrax Bacilli and Actinomycosis, with photographic 

 blocks of Tubercular Disease of the Spleen and Mesentery of the 

 Horse, of Bots, Foetal Monstrosities, Strangulated Intestine, etc., 

 so that the work may now be looked upon as being not only an 

 up-to-date text-book for the agricultural student, horse-owner, and 

 stock-breeder, but also as a ready reference for the rising young 

 country practitioner. 



As stated in the Preface to the First Edition, I still hold to the 

 opinion that it is the duty of veterinary surgeons to instruct their 

 clients as to the best mode of preventing diseases among their stock, 

 and to caution them against the injudicious use of advertised patent 

 medicines ; also, when the nature of a case is not clear, to call in 

 without delay the aid of the qualified practitioner. 



The work being originally the outcome of lectures, the old titles 

 are still retained in the place of chapters, and to make it more 

 serviceable for ready reference the paragraphs are numbered and 

 a definition of each separate malady given. The book is divided 

 into twelve sections, supplemented with appendices and an exhaustive 



