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 THE 



ILLUSTRATED HORSE-DOCTOR; 



BEING AN ACCURATE AND DETAILED ACCOUNT, 



Accompanied by more than 400 Pictorial Representations, 



CHARACTERISTIC OF 



THE VARIOUS DISEASES TO WHICH THE EQUINE RACE ARE 

 SUBJECTED ; 



TOGETHER WITH THE LATEST MODE OF TREATMENT, 



AND 



ALU THE REQUISITE PRESCRIPTIONS, 



WRITTEN IN PLAIN ENGLISH. 



By EDWARD MAYHEW, M.R.C.V.S., 



AUTHOR OF THE "HORSE'S MOUTH;" " DOGS ." THEIR MANAGEMENT; " EDITOR 

 OF "BLAINE'S VETERINARY ART," ETC., ETC. 



il A Booh which should be in the possession of all who keep Horses.' 



"In order to make a goodbooktwothings 

 are essential— an author competent to treat 

 the subject he takes in hand, and a publisher 

 spirited enough to give the writer a loose rein 

 in the production of his work— that is, 

 liberality in allowing him. all means and 

 appliances for rendering it a masterpiece. 

 The publishers of "The Illustrated Horse- 

 Doctor " deserve the highest credit and the 

 greatest success for giving the world this 

 admirable volume in its present costly shape. 

 Its intrinsic merit deserves every penny 

 which has been spent upon it, and, inasmuch 

 as we have never seen a book brought out 

 with better taste or finish, the cost of its 



S reduction must liRve been very serious. 

 \o one with the least equine knowledge can 

 require to be told that Mr. Mayhew is the 

 man for the task which he has undertaken, 

 and most satisfactorily accomplished. Ris 

 high reputation in the veterinary art, and 

 his qualification as a practised writer on 

 domestic animals, render him the very person 

 for supplying an intelligent and interesting 

 work on the diseases of the horse, which 

 would be devoid of mere professional tech- 

 nicalities, whilst, at the same time, his skill 

 as a draughtsman, and humour as a witty 



observer of life, enabled him to illustrate 

 with his pencil what he had written with his 

 pen. We advisedly say that " The Illustrated 

 Horse-Doctor" is the very best book of the 

 kind which we know ; and what gives it an 

 especial charm is, tliat the author so tho- 

 roughly sympathizes with the noble animal 

 which lie describes. Without pretending to 

 go into any analysis of this valuable work, 

 we at once pronounce it as scientific, yet 

 intelligible, informing, yet highly amusing ; 

 acceptable to the profound horse-rtoctor, 

 yet the work of all others for the bookshelves 

 in every gentleman's sanctum ; admirable in 

 every way as a practicable treatise on a very 

 important subject, which it elevates altoge- 

 ther out of the region of quackery; and the 

 tone is so ■learntd, yet easy; so close to 

 business, yet gentleman - like, that the 

 dedication to Sir Benjamin seems as much. 

 in its place as if it faced a surgical work on 

 the diseases or wounds of man. "We give it 

 our unqualified approbation and recommend- 

 ation."— Era, July 15, 1860. 



'"This admirable and comprehensive trea- 

 tise; will be of priceless value to a large 

 section of the community. It is, by far, the 

 best manual of Veterinary Art we have ever 

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