PREFACE. 



Having recognized the want of a short but com- 

 prehensive work embracing the most commonly used 

 veterinary medicines, I have culled the most impor- 

 tant facts from the standard works of Bartholow, 

 Brunton, Potter, Finlay Dun, etc., which, together 

 with the experience derived from an extended prac- 

 tice and research, form the basis for this work. It is 

 intended not as an exhaustive treatise of the subject, 

 but as a short and easy reference for the veterinary 

 student, which, in connection with the course of lec- 

 tures delivered by me at the New York College of 

 Veterinary Surgeons, will serve to lay a foundation 

 upon which the student in more leisure hours can 

 build a superstructure of more detailed study. For 

 the busy practitioner it will doubtless also serve as a 

 ready refexence and aid to the memory. 



It has been my effort to pay particular attention to 

 the physiological actions of drugs, to exclude all such 

 as are useless and obsolete, and to follow a systematic 

 and intelligible grouping and classification of the 

 most important remedies. 



A very complete index is another feature which 

 will undoubtedly be appreciated by all who use the 

 book. 



A. C. Hassloch, V.S. 



New York, February, 1896. 



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