318 DADD'S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



The faithful observance of the physiological laws of Nature re- 

 sult in health and strength, and promote longevity. Such is the 

 fruit which the tree of knowledge beareth. The non-observanct- 

 of these laws of life places us on a par with the poor idiot, whei> 

 sporting with the implements of self-destruction, and furnishes to 

 us the forbidden fruit. Health depends entirely on the use which 

 we make of the various organs and functions of the body. Health 

 never comes to us or our live stock by virtue of good luck. None 

 are healthy by special Providence or Divine favor. Neither can 

 health be found in the popular nostrums of the day on the proceeds 

 of which quacks grow fat and wealthy, and patients often be- 

 come poverty-stricken, and finally sink into the arms of Death, in 

 blissful ignorance of what brought them there. Much of what is 

 here written is equally true regarding horses and cattle. Many of 

 their diseases spring from the same causes which are operative on 

 the human subject; hence, knowledge of the above description i« 

 what all interested should seek after. 



