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work. Considering the number and the character of the authori¬ 
ties upon the subject, already to be found in the writings of ex¬ 
isting French, German and English authors, it would seem 
scarcely possible to increase the sum of the knowledge already 
available by the veterinarian practitioner, and yet we believe that 
Dr. B. has both in the amount of material he has furnished, and 
in the manner of its presentation, surpassed his predecessors. 
The six hundred pages of which the book consists, illustrated 
by over four hundred wood cuts, are divided into two principal 
parts, the first treating of general technical surgery, and the 
second of operations in general, having special reference to the 
art of minor surgery. In the first part some generalities are fol¬ 
lowed by remarks upon the various means of contention of all 
animals, either in the standing or the decubital positions, and 
both with and without ansesthetics, followed by observations on 
the simple division of tissues; the various means of hemortasy; 
the means of reunions ; the use of antiseptics, with their varieties, 
and the applications of bandages and dressings. The second 
part describes the various forms of the cauterization, the different 
modes of venesection, the application of setons and other coun¬ 
ter-irritants ; the use of hydrotherapeuty; the massage process 
and the application of electricity, followed by instructions in the 
various modes of administration of drugs through the mouth, the 
respiratory apparatus or the skin. This part is completed by a 
reference to the history and the use of vaccination in the treat¬ 
ment of such diseases as pleuro-pneumonia, the various forms of 
anthrax, variola, rabies, etc. A short appendix on the removal 
of foreign bodies, and on grafting, completes this excellent addi¬ 
tion to the veterinary literature of Italy. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW JERSEY STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regular meeting of the New Jersey State Veterinary Society was held 
on Thursday, November 12, 1888, at Taylor’s Hotel, Jersey City, N. J. 
Dr. Joseph Nayler occupied the chair on account of the President, Dr. J. C. 
Corlies, not being present, and the meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. The 
regular order of business was proceeded with, and Dr. Albert H. McIntosh of 
