Springtime surgery

Preface To Third Edition

Advantage has been taken of the exhaustion of the last edition to correct a few typographical errors and, at the suggestion of the authors, to make slight changes in some of the articles.

The remarkable sale of this work has made necessary the third edition, within a year from the date of its first publication. There are many evidences that it has proven helpful to a large number of veterinarians and that this edition will meet with the cordial response given its predecessors.

The Editor.

Chicago, March 1913.

Veterinary Medicine Series No. 1

Preface To Second Edition

The fact that a second edition, of a veterinary publication, should be required, within thirty days from the time the first edition was received from the bindery — thus establishing a new record among veterinary publications — is proof positive of its usefulness and its welcome. Springtime Surgery has had this remarkable sale. A higher commendation is scarcely possible, a further one unnecessary.

This work is unique, an innovation in veterinary literature, and has appealed strongly to practising veterinarians. The thanks of the editor, and all credit for the usefulness of Springtime Surgery, are due to the contributors who have given of their time and talents for the enlightenment of the Profession.

Three articles have been included in this that are not contained in the former edition, two in the former have been omitted from this edition. A number of those in the first edition have been thoroughly revised for this one by the authors.

The Editor.

Chicago, April, 1912.

SUCCESS

Pluck will win — its average is sure,

He wins the fight who can the most endure.

Who faces issues, he who never shirks,

Who waits and watches and who always works.

(Author unknown).

Preface To First Edition

There is an obvious advantage in having grouped, in one small volume, really meritorious discussions of the cases most common at any season. The articles in this book, which are reprinted from the American Journal of Veterinary Medicine, constitute, we believe, the most instructive yet brief description, and the most helpful case-reports to be gleaned from the literature on the surgical and obstetric problems common during the foaling and castrating season. The discussions of "Springtime Surgery," while in no sense exhaustive, yet constitute, for the practising veterinarian, a valuable supplement to the standard textbooks of veterinary surgery and obstetrics.

The superior merit of these articles amply justifies their reproduction in a form more permanent than is offered by magazine publication. The frequent requests from subscribers for copies of the issues of "Veterinary Medicine" containing various of these articles convinces us, that their presentation in book form will be welcomed by a large number of veterinarians and that this volume will be of much usefulness in this field.

The Editor.

Chicago, March, 1912.

Table Of Contents

Practical Methods of Cryptorchidectomy. . . . 39

An Interesting Monorchid 83

A Castrator's Error 87