Vlll PREFACE. 



pathology, and the numerous works on veterinary surgery 

 and medicine which allude to diseases of cattle, as 

 well as from some very excellent writings on special 

 sections of my subject. Accordingly a bibliographical 

 list of these has been inserted, which will, I hope, 

 prove a useful guide to any reader who may wish to 

 work up a special subject. Lastly, I have to acknow- 

 ledge the kind courtesy by which the publishers and 

 authors of the following works have afforded to Messrs. 

 Longmans & Co. the numerous engravings, which have 

 been inserted in the hope of rendering the work of greater 

 value : — 



Armatage, ' Clater's Cattle Doctor ' (Messrs. F. Warne 

 & Co). 



Harley ^ Brown, ' Practical Histology ^ (Longmans & 

 Co.). 



Fleming J ' Veterinary Obstetrics ' (Balliere, Tindall & 

 Cox). 



Colin, ' Traite de Physiologie Comparee ' (Balliere & 

 Co.). 



Oohhold, ' Internal Parasites of our Domesticated 

 Animals' (The Field Office). 



Dobson, ^ On the Diseases of the Ox ' (Messrs. Long- 

 mans & Co.). 



Ericlisen, ' Surgery ' (Messrs. Longmans & Co.). 



Cut 4 has been copied by permission from Ganfs 

 ' Science and Practice of Surgery.' 



Messrs. Arnold and Son, the well-known veterinary 

 instrument makers, of West Smithfield, have supplied me 

 with some cuts of instruments, for which I hereby convey 

 my thanks. 



Thus I submit my manual to the veterinary profession, 

 and in appearing for the second time as an author, I 

 venture to hope for such favour and consideration as 

 my first effort has received. 



JOHN HENRY STEEL. 



NOVEMBEB, 1880. 



