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press was unanimous in praising the work, and we have no 
hesitancy in predicting for Dr. Fleming’s last attempt a simi¬ 
lar success. If not quite, it is one of the most valuable con¬ 
tributions made to English veterinary literature for some 
years. The veterinary profession at large, from the oldest 
practitioner to the senior students of our veterinary colleges, 
will find in it all that has been written on the subject by 
European investigators, arranged in so clear and orderly a 
manner as to render the study of parasitism easy and inter¬ 
esting, “ Parasites and Parasitic Diseases ” is bound to find a 
place in every complete veterinary and medical library. 
COLLEGE NEWS. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
Professor R. S. Huidekoper has withdrawn his name from 
the list of teachers of this institution, and on recommendation 
of the Faculty Dr. W. J. Coates has been appointed by the 
Board of Trustees to the Chair of Operative Surgery. Pro¬ 
fessor Coates thus becomes a member of the governing fac- 
ulty. | 
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY—VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
The new advertisement of this department gives the infor¬ 
mation that two clinical lecturers have been added to the 
corps of instructors. The appointees are Drs. L. H. Howard 
and H. T. Leonard. Dr. W. Labaw is assistant surgeon to 
the hospital. 
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The museum has received of late a nice addition by the 
presentation of numerous specimens made by Dr. E. Hanshew 
of Brooklyn. A number of exostosis of all forms and sizes 
were received ; several of the hocks, spavins and ankylosis 
of the entire joints ; a number of ring-bones; several ankylosis 
pasterens; splints of all sizes and dimensions ; an enormous in¬ 
testinal calculus, and a number of small ones ; a few specimens}! 
of fractures. All were received in good condition, and form 
a valuable addition to those already collected: 
