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VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



The practice of veterinary surgery. I, Operative teclinique, J. A. W. 

 Dollar {New York: Wm. Ji. Jenkins, 1902, pp. 269, figs. 272).— The present volume 

 is the first of a series of 3 intended to cover the whole field of veterinary surgery. 

 The subjects treated in this volume are those which relate to operative technique, 

 and special mention may be made of the following: General discussion of operations; 

 means of throwing and securing animals for operations; anaesthesia; antisepsis; 

 division of tissues; the use of setons; cauterization; methods of uniting wounds; 

 scarification; transfusion; methods of preventing hemorrhage; injection of medicine 

 into the blood, subcutaneous tissue, trachea, (esophagus, larynx, and parenchyma 

 of organs; bandaging and dressing; massage and castration. The volume is based 

 on the author's personal experience and on modern operative technique, especially 

 as developed by the leading German and Italian veterinarians. 



Operative veterinary surgery, G. Fleming} {Xeio York: Wm. R. Jenkins, 1902, 

 Vol. II, pp. XXVII T 4ol, figs. 345). — In this part of the author's work on operative 

 veterinary surgery especial attention is given to a discussion of methods of securing 

 animals for operation, the employment of an;esthetics, elementary operative veter- 

 inary surgery, general operations, operations on the digestive apparatus, abdominal, 

 respiratory apparatus, thoracic cavity, larynx, trachea, urinary apparatus, generative 

 apparatus, eye, ear, and foot. 



Animal castration, A. Liavtard [Neu- York: ]Ym. R. Jenkins, 1902, 9. ed., pp. 

 165, figs. 45). — In this edition of the author's handbook on castration of domesticated 

 animals the results of recent veterinary practice and experimentation along these 

 lines has been thoroughly incorporated. The volume, as before, contains a detailed 

 discussion of the castration of Cryptochids by the various methods which have been 

 devised, methods of castrating the various species of domesticated mammals and 

 birds of both sexes, and the complications which may follow upon these operations. 



American horse, cattle, and sheep doctor, R. ]\IcClure {Chicago and Neiv York: 

 The Ilenneherry Co., 1901, pp. 4I0, figs. 4-j). — This volume contains a brief discussion 

 of the diseases of horses, cattle, and sheep. The diseases are arranged alphabetically 

 under the head of these different animals. The various medicines which are in use 

 in veterinary practice are also arranged in an alphabetical manner, and brief notes 

 are given on the properties and use of these methods. A number of formulas are 

 given for preparing remedies for specific purposes, and a brief statement is presented 

 of the comparative doses of medicine for different animals. 



The veterinary compendium, W. E. Yax Ame {Ft. Wayne, Ind.: The Live Stock 

 Proprietary Remedy Co., 1902, pp. 160). — Brief popular descriptions of the common 

 diseases of the various domesticated animals. 



A manual of bacteriology, clinical and applied, R. T. Hewlett {Philadelphia: 

 P. Blacki.Mo)i' s Son & Co., 1902, 2. ed., pp. 523, pis. 20, figs. 64).— In this new edition 

 of the office work on bacteriology, several sections have been rewritten and an 

 attempt has been made to bring the whole subject matter up to date as nearly as 

 possible. Special attention is given to a discussion of those portions of bacteriol- 

 ogy which are of particular interest in medicine and hygiene. As a rule, diseases 

 which are strictly confined to the lower animals are not discussed. The following 

 subjects may be mentioned among those which are treated in the volume: Nature, 

 structure, and functions of bacteria; methods of cultivating bacteria; preparation 

 of tissues; methods of studying bacterial diseases; antisera and antitoxins; anthrax; 

 acid-fast bacteria, including the organisms of tuberculosis, glanders, etc.; tetanus; 

 malignant edema; blackleg; pathogenic protozoa; antiseptics and disinfectants; and 

 various other diseases which are confined to man. 



