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Every humanitarian who embraces within his merciful re- 

 gard every creature whose existence is not inimical to his own, 

 whose common feelings of sympathy for the speechless victims 

 of modern civilization, constitute a platform of union and effort, 

 for the one common purpose of preventing, or mitigating those 

 sufferings, as far as they have the authority and power con- 

 ferred by the law to do, will assuredly be interested in any 

 painless, or even comparatively painless process- of treatment 

 by which the sufferings of horses which arise from the morbid 

 condition of their feet, may be materially abridged ; that in 

 some instances acts almost magically in the relief of pain, and 

 in all cases exerts its ameliorating influence gradually, but 

 surely, and perceptibly, day by day. 



The scientific veterinarian owes a positive duty to society 

 and to the profession of which he is a member, besides hav- 

 ing a personal and pecuniary interest therein, to investigate 

 any, and every mode of operation that promises to enable him 

 to cope more successfully than he has hitherto done with the 

 morbid conditions of the pedal extremities of the animal of 

 whose physical welfare he is the recognized protector and phy- 

 sician, which seem to have baffled and defied the acutest veter- 

 inary pathologists of every age and country to account for and 

 to overcome. Has he not an all important interest, the value of 

 which can scarcely be estimated, in a theory, and such a prac- 

 tical verification of it, that throws a clear and unexpected light 

 upon causes of morbid conditions heretofore obscure, and a 

 theory and practical measure moreover, the truth and value of 

 which he can so readily demonstrate for himself in a variety of 

 cases, and be master of its application in a few hours? 



Hitherto, I confess, I have been extremely reticent upon the 

 subject of my modes of treating diseases of the feet of horses. 

 Now that I have assumed the role of teacher, and have de- 

 voted my time and energies to the vocation of teaching, I am 

 willing to impart the special information I possess freely and 

 unreservedly to every veterinary practitioner of whose ability 

 I am satisfied to do justice to the operation I recommend. 



