PKEFACE. 



IN the following pages is laid before the public the result of 

 several years' study. The Author hopes to be able, ultimately, to 

 perfect a system of treatment which shall change only with the 

 progress of the science, of which it can be no more than an 

 offshoot. Saying this, the writer cannot be accused of self- 

 glorification, since there is in the field no living author over 

 whom he might appear to triumph. 



The book was also written with the hope of inducing the gen- 

 tlemen of the Author's profession to study more carefully the 

 Pathology of the Dog. This is at present not properly taught, 

 nor is it rightly understood by the Yeterinarians who profess to 

 alleviate canine afflictions. Of all the persons who accept such 

 offices, there is but one who, to the Author's knowledge, devotes 

 the time, attention, or care which disease in every shape 

 demands ; and the individual thus honorably distinguished, is 

 ME. GowiNa of Camden Town. 



