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in maintaining their animals in healthy condition. The more important <liseases of 

 (lomestie, animals are described and information is given which will enable owners 

 to deal with such cases. The various diseases discussed are classified according to 

 the part of the body affected. The author discusses also the nature of simple oiiera- 

 tions and gives a list of drugs, with the size of doses for various animals. 



A treatise on surgical therapeutics of domestic animals, P. J. Caoiot and 

 J. Almv, trans, by A. Liautard [Neiv York: W. R. Jenkins, 1903, vol. I, pt. S, pp. 

 1S9-323, jj(js. 33). — This part of the translation of the French text-book on surgical 

 therapeutics includes chapters on granulations, mycoses, tumors, diseases of the skin, 

 serous membranes, muscles, and tendons. The purpose of the translation is to make 

 availalile to American veterinarians a thorough account of the subject as presented 

 in the French original. 



Manual of bacteriology, K. Muir and J. Ritchie {New York: The MaciinWm 

 Co., 1003, Amer. ed., pp. XX+ofJd, fi</.'<. 170). — This edition is revised and edited from 

 the third P^nglish edition by N. Mac L. Harris. The general scope of the work has 

 been somewhat enlarged and alterations have been made in certain chapters, espe- 

 cially chapters 2, 3, 4, 15, and 17. The section on bibliography has been considerably 

 extended. The subjects treated in the volume include general morphology and 

 biology of l)acteria; methods of cultivation; microscopic methods; l)acteria in air, 

 soil, and water; fungi; relations of bacteria to disease; inflammatory and suppurative 

 conditions; venereal diseases; tuberculosis; leprosy; glanders; actinomycosis; anthrax; 

 typhoid fever; diphtheria; tetanus; malaria; influenza; immunity; smallpox; hydro- 

 ph(A)ia; malarial fever; anueljic dysentery, etc. 



Annual report on investigations in the field, of veterinary medicine, 

 Fllenberger et al. [Jahresber. Leist. Gch. Vet. Med., 21 {1901), pp. 312). — In this 

 report the authors have brought together brief references to the literature of veteri- 

 nary science for the year 1901. The literature is classified in an elaborate system 

 according to the subject-matter, the main features of some of the more important 

 literature are briefly discussed, and reference to the literature is made easy by an 

 author and subject index. 



Veterinary science and its problems, ( ). Malm {TIdsskr. Norske Landhr., 9 

 {1902), Xi>. 7, pp. 304-320). 



Disinfection and disinfectants, M. J. Rosexau {Philadelplila: I'. Blakislon's 

 Son & Co., 1902, pp. XII + 353, ph. 21, figs. 90) .—The purpose of this volume is to 

 present in a brief and convenient form the practical methods of disinfecting after 

 the presence of various infectious diseases of man and animals. The subjects dis- 

 cussed include physical disinfectants, gaseous disinfectants, chemical solutions, 

 insecticides used in destroying insects which carry diseases, disinfection of houses, 

 ships, etc., and specific directions for disinfecting after particular diseases. 



Text-book of meat hygiene, -with special references to inspection of food 

 animals and meat, R. Endelmaxn {Lehrbuch der Fleischhygiene, mil besonderer 

 B('ri\cki<irhti(/u)tg der Schlachtvieh- und Fleischheschau. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1903, op. 

 336, ])ls. 2, figs. 172). — In this volume the author discusses in a concise manner the 

 history of meat inspection, traffic in animals used for food, morphology and chem- 

 ical composition of important tissues and organs, means of preparing and preserving 

 meat, legal regulations with regard to meat traffic and the organization and practice 

 of inspection of food animals and meat, while the larger part of the volume is occu- 

 pied with a discussion of the various diseases and post-mortem changes v.hich come 

 under the notice of the meat inspector. Chapters are also presented on the arrange- 

 ment of slaughterhouses and cattle yards and on poisoning from meat and sausage. 



The conditions -which are necessary for the general extension and unifica- 

 tion of the inspection of meat in public abattoirs, G. Barrier ( Compt. Rend. 

 10. Cong. Internat. Ilyg. et Dernogr., Paris, 1900, pp. 121-135). — The author recom- 

 inends compulsory inspection and slaughter in public abattoirs, the abandonment of 



