CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



PAGE 



The organs and functions of life described, wherein the 

 origin and seats of various diseases in the horse are 

 explained, with a view to their cure or mitigation. 



Introduction. Teachers of the art. Duty of dis- 

 secting; its uses and advantages. Method of study. 

 Register of post mortem examinations ; application 

 hereof to medical practice. 



Explanation and practical uses of the skeleton, plate I, 

 or frontispiece 22 



Chapter i. External formation or structure of the 

 •horse, and the disorders originating therein 25 



Chapter ii. Concerning the horse's inside, of its 

 conformation, the functions of the organs of life, and 

 the diseases to which each is liable : together with 

 outlines of the principles upon which the cure is to be 

 effected 71 



Chapter hi. General observations on the animal 

 system of the horse, with reference to the origin of 

 constitutional diseases : recapitulation and further 

 developement of veterinary practice, upon the princi- 

 ples before laid down 162 



