PREFACE. 



In presenting dog-owners with the Fourth Edition of " The 

 Diseases of Dogs," the Publisher may be pardoned if he express 

 his great satisfaction that this little work has been so generously- 

 appreciated that a new edition has been rendered necessary. 

 That feeling of satisfaction is, moreover, vastly increased by know- 

 ing that the previous editions have been instrumental in saving 

 many dogs' lives, and many more from needless suflering. With 

 dogs, as with their masters, timely remedies frequently prevent 

 serious aUments. 



The Fourth Edition has been carefully revised throughout, and 

 no pains have been spared to bring the book up to date as regards 

 both the Principles and the Practice of Canine Veterinary 

 Siu^ery. Numbers of diseases which did not find a place in the 

 previous issues have been included, and it is hoped that by thus 

 widening the scope of the book, its usefulness will he correspond- 

 ingly increased. Again, what may be termed the general portion 

 of the work has been considerably amplified, such details of 

 Kennel Management as Housing, Feeding and Grooming^— all of 

 which exert a powerful influence upon the dog for good or ill — 

 being more fully treated, a feature which it is hoped will find 

 favour with dog-owners and tend still more to increase the sphere 

 of usefulness of the little book. 



Despite what has been done, difficulties may arise which are 

 not provided for in this little Manual. When this is the case, 

 a question addressed to The Bazaar, Bazaar Buildings, Drury 

 Lane, Ltmdon, W.G., will elicit full information by a Specialist 

 in the catetnns of that paper. 



