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which regulate the progress of infectious maladies in 
general. On the part of the profession we disclaim all 
responsibility in the matter, there are enough veterinary 
surgeons in the country to cope with the affection if their 
aid had been sought. If the whole country had been 
mapped out into districts and each one placed under the 
charge of a competent professional man, we have no doubt 
that good results would have been achieved ere this. 
The police would render very efficient aid in carrying on 
the instructions of the veterinary surgeons ; but for all 
sanitary purposes their present action is considerably worse 
than useless. 
Reviews. 
Quid sit pulchrura, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — Hon. 
The Physiology and Pathology of Mind in the Lower 
Animals. By W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D., F.R.S.E., 
Physician to the Murray Royal Institution (for the 
Insane), Perth. 
Dr. Lindsay commences his paper with a compliment to 
the members of the veterinary profession, contained in the 
following passage : 
“ Introduction. — In studying, during the last two or three 
years, the subject of the mental phenomena exhibited by the 
lower animals in health and disease, in the wild state and in 
domestication, I have been much struck with the amount 
and kind of prejudice on the one hand, and ignorance on the 
other, that characterise not only the popular belief — but also 
the opinions of many of our most eminent authorities in 
natural history, human and veterinary medicine, metaphysi- 
cal and psychological science — concerning the existence of 
instinct in animals as contradistinguished from reason in 
man. More particularly have I been amazed at the preju- 
dice and ignorance existing in quarters where I should least 
have expected it, e.g ., among those whose lives are spent in 
intimate association with the domesticated animals, viz. 
veterinarians 
After this we are not surprised to be told that — 
“ Indeed, as respects many mental attributes, or general 
mental development, many animals are infinitely superior to 
many men ; or conversely, many men are infinitely inferior 
to many animals.” 
