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irig harmonizes with the shape of the cofSu-bone, and he thus 
goes on, (p. 433.) ^Thisds certainly correct,’ adds Mr. Good¬ 
win, complacently aiding the assertion of his preceptor ; but it is 
nevertheless a-sad blunder, as any one not blind may 
perceive at a single glance.” The insinuation intended to be 
conveyed by the dash, if made in conversation, would, we doubt 
not, have received its proper and deserved reply. 
But enough, and more than enough of The Veterinary Sur¬ 
geon.” We enter our indignant protest against this promulga¬ 
tion of the grossest error under such a title. It is the most 
abominable and bare-faced attempt at literary imposition which 
we remember to have seen. ' If Mr. J. Hinds be a substantial 
person, he is in truth of no school,” nor', we fear, would any 
school do him good. IF the work be a mere compilation, shame 
on the venal, incompetent scribe; and double shame on the 
veterinary surgeon, under whose sanction, it is whispered, the 
book was foisted on the public! 
There is, however, a spirit of benevolence frequently exhibit¬ 
ed, of which we highly approve. We cordially join in the wish 
of the compiler, that the horse ^^was endowed with one more 
faculty, that he might distinguish between those who really 
love him arid those empirics who make a profit of his suffer¬ 
ings, and that he might-kick some among them as an example 
to all the rest.” Mr. J. Hinds will not, after all, have written 
in vain, if he may have taught the groom or the farrier a little 
humanity. 
FRENCH VETERINARY PUBLICATIONS. 
WE have just received the fourth and concluding volume of 
M. Hurtrel d’Ambroval’s Dictionnaire de Medecine et de 
Chirurgie Veterinaires.” We will endeavour to give some ac¬ 
count of the work in our next number. 
We have likewise I'eceived the two first livraisons of Messrs. 
Leblanc and Trousseau’s Atlas Veterinare.” It will consist 
of twenty-seven^ large plates (18 inches by 12), and some of 
them beautifully coloured, of the anatomy of those parts of the 
horse, the ox, the sheep, and the hog, on which serious opera¬ 
tions are occasionally performed; the teeth of these animals 
and of the dog, as indicating their age ; and some veterinary in- 
