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an object in a book, designed, as this is, for the non-pro- 

 fessional reader, that he should know something of the 

 persons, whose sayings and opinions he has received, con- 

 cerning the cause, treatment and prevention of diseases of 

 stock, throughout the world. The history of veterinary 

 medicine, has a claim to greater antiquity even than that 

 of domestic medicine, which few will deny; or else why 

 should Yegetius have uttered these words: — ^'Ars veteri- 

 nari post medicinum Secunda est'' and write a book in 

 VIII volumes, entitled "2)e arte Veterinarian'' And fur- 

 ther, we are assured of this by concurrent testimony, 

 through the writings of Homer, 1000 years before 

 Christ, that this science had an existence in his day, and 

 corroborated by Herodotus 500 years later. Simon, the 

 Athenian Farrier, was practicing the art as it then ex- 

 isted, fully 300 years before Galen, and about 500 years 

 before Celsus, the Roman physician, had yet lived. How- 

 ever, by order of the Greek Emperor, Constantius, of 

 the seventh century, the various writings upon the sub- 

 ject were collected, and arranged under the title, Hyp- 

 poeratika, and were translated from the original Greek into 

 Latin, by Dr. Ruelle, in the latter part of the fourteenth 

 century, by order of Francis the First, King of France. 

 Ramazzini, of Italy, Sauvage, of France, and Camper, of 

 Germany, form the connecting link between ancient and 

 more modern times, or till the advent of Charles Vial de 

 Sain Bell, the founder of the first veterinary college in 

 England, in the year 1792. The first being established 

 at Lyons, France, in 1761. Sain Bell was a man of abi- 

 lity, a good reasoner, clever, and like his countrymen, 

 very brilliant. He died before much progress had been 

 made in establishing the college. He was succeeded by 

 a dashing young medical student named Coleman, a favor- 



