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disease he has to refer to, and therefore the line of treatment to 

 be adopted in cas2s of iUness; much remains for him to find out, 

 and there is a great call for the exercise of common sense; still it 

 is hoped that this chapter, taken in conjunction with the list of 

 predominant s>niptoms and the chapters specially dealing with 

 each disease in the body of the work, will go very far to en- 

 able one, who is a real obser\-er, to alleviate the pains and suffer- 

 ings which so frequently fall to the lot of the horse, especially the 

 hard-working animal, that contributes so largely to the material 

 prosperity of his owner, from whom he deserves the utmost care 

 and consideration that an intelligent human being can lavish upon 

 one who is entirel}' dependent for the most ordinary comforts of 

 an e^iistence upon his forethought and provision. 



