PREFACE 



On account of the remarkable degree of public favour 

 with which the former editions of this work has been 

 received, this new edition has been thoroughly revised 

 and brought fully up to date, so as to embody all the 

 latest discoveries in Veterinary Science and Practice. 

 In recent years great advances has been made in 

 Veterinary Science, and the researches of Pasteur, 

 Koch, and other eminent investigators in different 

 fields of science have thrown a flood of light on the 

 origin and nature of the diseases to which farm live- 

 stock are liable, and have also shown how in the case 

 of many maladies the cause of the disease may be 

 easily removed, so that in that way the disease may be 

 prevented. The results of these researches made by 

 eminent scientists, and confirmed by the practice of 

 eminent veterinary surgeons, have been embodied in 

 this new edition, which thus contains a great deal of 

 valuable matter that was not to be found in the older 

 editions. In the section relating to cattle, several 

 new chapters have been added. The dire disease of 

 tuberculosis — i.e., consumption — which is the burning 

 question of the day to cattle-breeders and dairy- 

 farmers, and which has been specially investigated 



