PREFACE 



This book is founded on a course of lectures de- 

 livered in the Veterinary College of this city, and 

 is divided into three parts: — 1. The diseases and 

 treatment of the horse. 2. The medicines, pre- 

 scriptions, and preparations used in veterinary 

 practice. 3. The diseases and treatment of the 

 ox, together with the treatment of diseases inci- 

 dent to milch cows and calves. To render the 

 work as complete as possible, according to its title, 

 an essay on diseases of sheep is added, thus form- 

 ing a farmer's veterinary library and cyclopaedia. 

 The work is gotten up specially for the amateur, 

 farmer, and stock breeder; at the same time, how- 

 ever, the veterinary surgeon can learn much from 

 it which will be useful, although some of the doc- 

 trines may appear novel to him. The diseases 

 and treatment of each animal are treated of under 

 their most popular or trivial names, and in alpha- 

 betical order. The subject matter throughout the 



