PREFACE, 
In offering this little volume to the Veterinary 
Profession of America, it is not my desire to encourage 
the student in the neglect of the more voluminous 
works on Veterinary Obstetrics, but more with the 
idea of aiding him, when time is an object, in reviewing 
his studies on the subject. It is with the hope, also, 
that it may be of service to the busy obstetrician, 
in refreshing his memory when quick reference is 
required, or when larger works may be inaccessible. 
In the preparation of this compendium, the follow- 
ing literature has been consulted, and, in several of 
the sections, somewhat freely quoted: ‘“ Fleming’s 
Obstetrics,” ‘Chauveau’s Comparative Anatomy” 
(Fleming), ‘“Vade Mecum of Equine Anatomy” 
(Liautard), Friedberger & Frohner’s ‘‘ Pathology and 
Therapeutics of the Domestic Animals,” ‘“ Moller’s 
Surgery,” ‘Journal of Comparative Pathology and 
Therapeutics” (McFadyean), articles in published 
reports of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (Law); 
and I am much indebted to my friend Mr. John 
Renfrew, M.R.C.V.S., of Glasgow, Scotland,. for 
numerous and copious notes. I am under many 
obligations to Dr. George Fleming, C.B., of Higher 
Leigh, Combe Martin, North Devon, England, for his 
kindness in granting permission to use the cuts (from 
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