Excerpt from A Text-Book of Operative Veterinary Surgery, Vol. 2<br><br>The present work was left unfinished at the death of the author, the late Dr. Fleming, who, however. Had prepared nearly all the manuscript with the exception of the last chapter or so. In deference to the wish of Dr. Fleming's widow and his publishers, Messrs. Bailhere, Tindall and Cox, I undertook to attend to the completion of the work as being in a sense complimentary to that of my late father, and I am responsible for the authorship Of the last few pages.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.