Special report on diseases of the horse / by Drs. Pearson [and others].

Date:
1903
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Credit: Special report on diseases of the horse / by Drs. Pearson [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C., June 1, 1903. Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the manuscript of the revised edition of the Special Report on Diseases of the Horse, in accordance with the following resolution: [Public Resolution—No. 33.] JOINT RESOLUTION providing for the publication of two hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on Diseases of the Horse. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed and bound in cloth two hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse, the same to be first revised and brought up to date, under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, sixty-four thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and eight thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture. Approved, June 24, 1902. This report was first issued in 1890, and was at once accorded a hearty reception by the horse owners of the country. The limited edition that the Department was able to publish was very soon exhausted, and the demand then turned upon members of the National Legislature. The result was that Congress has ordered reprints from time to time until the total number of copies issued, not including the number pro- vided for in the above resolution, was but little short of half a million. The manuscript submitted herewith has been carefully revised either by the authors of the several articles or by veterinarians of wide reputation. An entirely new article on u The examination of a horse,” by Dr. Leonard Pearson, State veterinarian of Pennsylvania, is included; and the chapter on shoeing in this edition is written by Dr. J. W. Adams, professor of surgery and lecturer on shoeing, veterinary department, University of Pennsylvania. In presenting this revised edition, I desire to make the same observa- tions that were made when the first manuscript was submitted, which were as follows: This report upon diseases of the horse has been prepared with great care by a number of the most eminent members of the veterinary profession in the United States. The production of a work of this character is a task of such magnitude that it could not be undertaken by any one man with a prospect of its early completion. It was deemed best, therefore, to divide the subject into sections and to place the preparation of each section in the hands of a veterinarian whose practical experience