PREFACE 



Special Cattle Therapy was written to fill the de- 

 mand for a concise, practical treatise on the treatment 

 of the commoner diseases of cattle. 



As in ''Special Veterinary Therapy" no particular 

 system of medicine is advocated, practical procedures 

 only being given attention ; especially, such treatments 

 and methods of handling as the author's experience 

 has suggested as being successful. 



While every effort has been made to harmonize all 

 procedures with the teachings of veterinary science as 

 far as is consistent, scientific teachings have been sac- 

 rificed where the ultimate result has demanded methods 

 of treatment bordering on the empirical. Where such 

 sacrifice has been made, however, an attempt is made 

 in every instance to explain the action and effect of 

 empirical methods on a scientific basis. 



MART R. STEFFEN. 

 Brillion, Wis. 



August, 1915. 



