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REVIEWS. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — Hor. 
Blaine's Outlines of the Veterinary Art ; or Treatise 
on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Curative Treat- 
ment of the Diseases of the Horse, &c. &c. By 
Edward Mayhew, M.R.C.V.S. London: Longman and 
Co., 1854. 6th edit. Thick 8vo., pp. 668. 
“ Blaine’s Outlines,” familiar to us as the face of an 
old friend, is, after some considerable length of absence, in a 
much improved, as well as amended form, though w ith the same 
visage, introduced afresh by a gentleman well know n to us 
all, who for some time past has been a great sufferer from ill- 
health — Mr. Edward Mayhew. The work comes to us with 
the same title, it is true, but w T e hardly commence turning over 
its leaves before we discover changes of character, of form, 
and of substance, little anticipated by the mere skimmer-over 
of the title-page, as he view 7 s the book while peeping through 
some shop-w 7 indow : he will recognise, the instant he sees it, 
his old acquaintance; but how' changed! how r completely 
metamorphosed and refreshed, under the masterly hand of its 
editor, compared with the worn-out antiquated condition it 
-was left in by its much respected author ! Few — very few 
men would have bestowed upon a work the laborious and 
patient research — the untiring industry manifest in the revision 
of the present one ; fewer still could have afforded to give 
the time, or had the talent to give, requisite for the completion 
of such an undertaking ; in the profession, indeed, w 7 e should 
have despaired of finding a man who would have been willing 
to undertake it, even supposing he possessed ability for the 
performance of the task ; and, therefore, the more is the credit 
due to Mr. Mayhew, and so much the more likely is 
the work in his hands to be efficiently renovated. Still, 
with all this, it is too true, medical science is of that progres- 
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