PREFACE. 



gs, I am particularly indebted to Mr. Alex. Eger. I have 

 so to thank my friend, Dr. W. L. Williams, Professor of 

 irgery in the New York State Veterinary College, for his 

 iluable suggestions as to the origin of teratomata of the 

 astoid region, and my brother Professor, Edw. Merillat, ' 

 r his many original ideas which are entered throughout 

 e text with but a single credit, viz., the operation for clos- ; 

 g skull perforations. 



With a full knowledge that the manuscript would crum- 

 e from the assault of a literary critic, I forthwith apologize I 



the censors of English veterinary literature. 



L. A. MERILLAT. 



