XVI PREFACE. 



the Author admits the difficulty of conveying informa- 

 tion in this department of medical knowledge, without 

 using scientific expressions, but as this would defeat one 

 of the principal objects of this work, namely, to popu- 

 larize the subject, he has studied to make himself 

 intelligible to every capacity, by using language both 

 familiar and easy, and calculated to make his meaning 

 simple and distinct- How far he has succeeded in this 

 respect must be left to the decision of the judicious and 

 candid reader. In a work professing to be partly a 

 compilation, and partly composed of original matter 

 acquired by the Author's personal experience, it is con- 

 sidered scarcely necessary to apologise for the use which 

 has been made of the labors of his predecessors, or for 

 omitting to insert their names. In some cases the latter 

 could not be done with propriety, owing to the uncer- 

 tainty that exists regarding the origin of some recent 

 investigations in Animal Physiology and Anatomy, 

 leading to important discoveries in Yeteiinary science ; 

 besides in endeavouring to economise space, it was con- 

 sidered necessary to avoid occupying the pages with a 

 too frequent repetition of names and references. 



It is hoped that this treatise on the Horse, his diseases, 

 and the remedies for them, manner of exercise, diet, 

 treatment, training, &c., will enable owners of horses, 

 grooms, and others engaged in the training or manage- 

 ment of this noble animal, to avoid all a^Dplication to 

 quackery and superstition. That these means are 

 frequently used to recover horses from certain diseases 

 is a fact ; that, notwitlistanding the march of intellect, 

 cannot be questioned. 



