PREFACE. 



knowledge on the subject. In doing this, many works on tho 

 subject, published since Mr. Youatt's, have been examined. The 

 chief of these is. The Ox, by Mr. W. C. L. Martin, one of the 

 ofl&cers of the London Zoological Society. 



The editor has consulted three recent German treatises on the 

 diseases of cattle. The most valuable of these is by Gunther, who 

 has applied homoeopathy to animals. In addition to the ordinary 

 modes of practice, the editor has given the treatment of Gunther. 

 It is within his knowledge, that the prescriptions of homoeopathy 

 have been eminently successful in the diseases of both horses and 

 cattle. This method of managing theii diseases will be valuable to 

 those who adopt tlie school of Hahnemann, while it detracts nothing 

 from the work as a manual of ordinary veterinary practice. 



Thousands of copies of Youatt and Martin are annually sold in 

 England, and, there, opinion has estabhshed them as standards in their 

 branch of knowledge. This American edition commends itself by 

 its small price, and its intrinsic value, and should sell in thousands. 



Great credit is due to the American publisher, for giving to the 

 public this edition, beautiful alike for its embellishment and iU 

 typography. 



