PREFACE 



In presenting to the veterinary profession of America tliis Vade 

 Mecum of Equine Anatomy, I fully appreciate the difficulties 

 whi ch must beset its introduction, by reason of the unbounded 

 popularity of Chauveau's and Fleming's excellent works upon 

 the subject, and it is not issued with the hope that they shall 

 thereby be supplanted, but that it may fill a vacancy long existing. 



During the years I have devoted to the teacliing of veterinary 

 anatomy, the fact has grown apace, that advanced students, and 

 practitioners as well, have felt the need of an abridged work in 

 which thej could, without the loss of time, review the descriptive 

 anatomy of a region. 



It was in view of this want that I assumed the responsibility 

 of attempting to supply the deficiency, and while the reader will 

 find the text of Chauveau and Fleming has been closely followed, 

 there is presented an arrangement of the subject-matter correspond- 

 ing to my adopted mode of lecturing. 



If then, this little volume shall prove a saving of time to students 

 reviewing their studies, and serve to refresh the memory of the 

 busy practitioner who is about to operate, it will have accom- 

 plished all the author could desire. 



A. LIAUTARD. 



New York. N'ov. 1878. 



