PREFACE TO THIS EDITION. 



The First Edition of The Horse, which was completed in the 

 year 1831, has since had a large and continued sale : and in 

 acknowledging the valuable communications which have been made 

 for the improvement of the work, it is satisfactory to the Com- 

 mittee to be able to state, that no grave errors in it have been 

 pointed out. 



Veterinary science has, however, made great progress in the 

 last twelve years ; the Structure of the Horse, the Injuries and 

 Diseases to which he is subject, and the Treatment of these, have 

 been investigated, in this country and abroad, with much diligence 

 and success, both at Colleges and in Societies devoted to the 

 cultivation of Veterinary knowledge, and by practitioners whose 

 education and experience render their observations worthy of 

 great respect. 



In these circumstances, the Society intrusted to the Author 

 the preparation of a New Edition of this Treatise ; and he has 

 subjected it to so complete a revision, as to render it in many 

 respects a new work. This remark applies especially to the 

 chapters relating to the Diseases of the Horse. 



