X PREFACE 



While this vohime is intended to meet the requirement of the 

 junior student studying the principles upon which sound surgical 

 knowledge is based, its details will indoubtedly be of service as a 

 reference to both the senior student and practitioner. 



The promulgation of the many intricate subjects involved 

 would have been impossible through my own efforts. It was 

 only through the consent to translate "Pathologic Chirurgical 

 Generale," by LeBlanc, Cadeac et Carougeau, that the publication 

 of these details become possible. Their book, which is the sec- 

 ond part of this volume translated from the original French edi- 

 tion, commended itself to me as a most valuable work for the 

 English-reading veterinarian and veterinary student. For two 

 years I urged its translation and publication, but meeting with no 

 encouragement, I undertook the task alone. I desire to thank 

 their publishers for their liberal arrangement in permitting me to 

 translate the work into English, and to apologize to the authors 

 for any errors the translation may contain. To meet the demands 

 of a certain classification of the diseases it was found necessary 

 to rearrange the chapters. 



I am also deeply indebted to Prof. G. E. Amadon, Director of 

 the Pathological Laboratories of the Chicago Veterinary College, 

 for assistance in preparing several of the chapters, whereby the 

 usefulness and value of the volume have been greatly enhanced. 



L. A. Merillat. 



