PREFACE. 



This book has its origin in the feeling that though 

 since the days of Blaine and Youatt there have been 

 many writers on canine pathology, the true bearings and 

 progress of. that science -have not been dealt with so 

 systematically and thoroughly as is needed to meet the 

 requirements of the present day. As canine practice is 

 more and more coming, into the hands of veterinary 

 surgeons, the want of a modern systematic text-book has 

 become more felt, and it is to. meet this want the author 

 has prepared the following chapters. The enormous 

 amount of valuable material contained in English periodi- 

 cal literature has been carefully studied, the work of 

 leading veterinarians on the Continent has been laid 

 under contribution, and the author has not failed to con- 

 sult all available British authorities in the interests of his 

 readers j thus it is hoped that the combined experience of 

 the British and foreign canine pathologists will be found 

 condensed in this work, digested, arranged, and "steadied" 

 by the author's not inconsiderable experience of diseases 

 of the dog and of the specialties of canine practice. 



Tt is for the profession to determine whether the aims 

 of this work have been carried out; it has been hoped to 

 continue the systematic arrangement, careful record of 

 personal observations, and constant eye to comparative 

 study of Blaine, with the thorough collection and digest of 



