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[H'operties, and .•ulvaiita,t,'»'s and disailvantajit's of cakes used as foods and as 

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VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



The veterinary service of the United States, !{. Ostertag (Das Vcteri- 

 Hiincescti (Icr ]'crcini(jtc>i Staulcii ran Xord-Ainci ika. Berlin: Richard Schoctz, 

 JH06, pp. VIII + 151, flgs. n). — The author spent 2 months in the United States 

 for the purpose of studying our institutions designed for instruction in animal 

 industry and veterinary soieuce, the stock yards, abattoirs, cold storage plants, 

 meat insiH'ction, dairy farms, milk inspection, city milk supply, methods of 

 combating various animal diseases, and other veterinary matters. The opinion 

 of the author regarding the status of animal industry and veterinary science 

 in this country is of ctmsiderable interest on account of his standing in Ger- 

 many and his wide exi)erience with these matters. 



With regitrd to veterinary schools, the author speaks in high praise of 2 or 3 

 of them, but criticises the standard of instruction in some of the private 

 schools without endowment in which the only source of income is from student 

 fees. The systems of instruction in animal industry and dairying are consid- 

 ered as being of a very practical and efficient nature.^ Special mention is 

 made of the Iowa Agricultural College in the line of animal industry and of 

 the Wisconsin Agricultural College in dairying. 



In summarizing his impressions of animal industry and veterinary science 

 in the United States, the author states that veterinary education with us is 

 still in its infancy, but shows many sti'ong features, particularly the practical 

 instruction in animal breeding and stock judging offered to students in veteri- 

 nary science. The woi'k of the Bureau of Animal Industry is praised for its 

 efficiency, particular mention being made of the control work on Texas fever, 

 sheep scab, tuberculosis, and hog diseases. The conditions which prevail on 

 the better class of dairy farms and the regulations already in force in many 

 cities for the inspection of milk conspire, in the author's opinion, toward fur- 

 nishing an excellent city milk supijly at a reasonable price. 



The veterinary section, A. Theiler et al. (Transvaal Af/r. Jour., .'f (IDOG), 

 No. 111. lip. 777-SU'i). — Although foot-and-mouth disease prevailed greatly in 

 South Africa in 1893 no outbreak has occurred since l'.)03. The colonial laws 

 regarding this disease are apparently satisfactory. Notes are given on the 

 present status of Texas fever, African coast fever, anthrax, and glanders. 



In the case of glanders, attention is called to the danger from horses affected 

 with a mild form of the disease. It is believed that if an indemnity were 

 l)aid for such cases by the government the owner's consent to the destruction 

 of the animal could readily be obtained, and the spread of the disease would 

 thcrcliy be checked. Notes are also given on sheep scal> and horse sickui^ss. 



Results of investigations in the field of general pathology and ijatholog- 

 ical anatomy, O. Lubarsch and R. Ostertag (Krf/eb. Allg. Path. Mcntich. it. 

 Ticrr. 10 (l'.)ti. ',-.')), pp. XV-\-'.)l^9, pi. 1). — As usual in this series of reports, a 

 detailed review is given of literature bearing on the pathology of man and 

 animals, together with classified bibliographical references. A review of Rus- 

 sian literature on general pathologj' for the years 1904-5 is presented by R. 

 Weinberg. Particular attention was given to trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, 

 :ind tumors. The review of literature on tuberculosis was prepared by A. Eber. 



The army horse in accident and disease, A. Plummer {[V. S. War Dcpt.], 

 l!)(ll! \rrr. ctl.]. pp. IK!, pl.s. 2.i). — The school of application for cavalry and field 

 artill(>ry at Fort Riley. Kansas, offers opportunity for the practical training of 

 students in the management of the common diseases of horses and mules and 



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