DISEASES
OF
THE HORSE'S FOOT
By
H. CAULTON REEKS
Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Author of 'The Common Colics of the Horse'
1906
To
J. MacQueen, F.R.C.V.S.,
PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AT THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE,
LONDON,
AS A SLIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS ABILITY AS A TEACHER,
AND IN RETURN FOR MANY KINDLY SERVICES,
THIS VOLUME IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE
Stimulated by the reception accorded my 'Common Colics of the Horse,'
both in this country and in America, and assured by my publishers that a
work on diseases of the foot was needed, I have been led to give to the
veterinary profession the present volume.
While keeping the size of the book within reasonable limits, no effort
has been spared to render it as complete as possible. This has only been
achieved by adding to my own experience a great deal of the work of
others. To mention individually those who have given me permission to use
their writings would be too long a matter here. In every case, however,
where the quotation is of any length, the source of my information is
given, either in the text or in an accompanying footnote. A few there are
who will, perhaps, find themselves quoted without my having first obtained
their permission to do so. They, with the others, will, I am sure, accept
my hearty thanks.
The publishers have been generous in the matter of illustrations and
diagrams, and although to the older practitioner some of these may appear
superfluous, it is hoped they will serve to render the work an acceptable
textbook for the student.
H. CAULTON REEKS.
SPALDING, January, 1906.
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