DADD’S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGE .y. 
The faithful observance of the physiological laws of Nature re 
sult in health and strength, and promote longevity. Such is the 
fruit which the tree of knowledge beareth. The non-observance 
of these laws of life places us on a par with the poor idiot, when 
sporting with the implements of self-destruction, and furnishes te 
us the forbidden fruit. Health depends entirely on the use which 
we make of the various organs and functions of the body. Heaith 
never comes to us or our live stock by virtue of good luck. None 
are healthy by special Providence or Divine favor. Neither can 
health be found in the popular nostrums of the day on the proceeds 
of which quacks grow fat and wealthy, and patients often be- 
come poverty-stricken, and finally sink into the arms of Death, in 
blissful ignorance of what brought them there. Much of what is 
here written is equally true regarding horses and cattle. Many of 
their diseases spring from the same causes which are operative on 
the Laman subject; hence, knowledge of the abnve description is 
what ali tnterested should seek after. 
