PREFACE. 
Our dumb friend and companion has advanced to signal 
prominence in various directions. His mental aptitude, 
as well as natural capabilities, are better understood, and 
recent years have witnessed a marvellous increase in his 
varied spheres of usefulness, with corresponding appre- 
ciation of his intelligence and intrinsic worth. His 
management in health and disease is, therefore, a 
subject of the first importance. To promote the first 
and remove the latter is the supreme desire of him who 
‘rightly appreciates the virtues of his canine’ friend. 
How to effect this forms the prominent theme of the 
following pages. 
The valuable experience of Stonehenge which graced 
the pages of the first part of former editions has been 
largely retained, new matter being added where it was 
expressly needed. 
The second part, relating to Disease, has been entirely 
re-written, and presents the standard of current experience 
as to its nature and appropriate treatment. 
In the endeavour to present reliable views regarding. 
the nature of the maladies of the dog, they are arranged 
as far as practicable in accordance with the supposed 
causes ; thus, many are conveniently included under the 
head of Blood Diseases; others are due to specific or 
contagious élements ; while the majority, perhaps, arising 
from interference with organic function, injury, &c., are 
