Practice of Equine Medicine. 



section I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



What is meant by the practice of equine medicine ? 



This we understand to be the exercise of medical art, and in- 

 cludes all the knowledge which has been acquired of the causes,, 

 pathology, symptoms, and cure of the diseases of the horse tribe. 



I. PATHOLOGY. 



What is pathology ? 



It relates to the study of disease ; being derived from pathos? 

 signifying "a disease," and logos, meaning "a discourse ;" thus, a 

 discourse of disease or a doctrine of disease. 



What is zoo-pathology? 



The term zoo-pathology is more properly applied to veterinary 

 medicine, and signifies the doctrine of diseases of animals. 



How is pathology divided ? 



Pathology is divided into general pathology and special pa- 

 thology. 



Define each. 



General pathology is the study of groups of diseased processes. 



Special pathology is the diseased processes occurring in one 

 affection ; or, it has to do with particular and individual diseases 

 exhibited in particular animals. 



What does general pathology include ? 



It includes nosology, aetiology, morbid anatomy, semiology, 

 diagnosis, prognosis, treatment. 



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