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them that will enforce itself. If it is applied, it must be by the 
carnal weapons of flesh and blood, and the moral means of vigil¬ 
ance and determination. 
It is mere fatuity to be satisfied with recognizing cases of 
glanders, and ordering their destruction, if we do not also comply 
with both the spirit and the letter of the law, and faithfully 
report the discovery of every known case. We may, as individ¬ 
uals, resort to the proper measures to dispose of a glanderous 
patient, but we have omitted a duty, even in such a case, if we 
have failed to report the facts to the proper authorities. When 
such a course is generally adopted and faithfully persevered in, 
we may look for the enactment of good laws, and their efficient 
application, and the benefits of their enforcement will be shared 
by the entire community, but only then. The conditions must be 
fulfilled if the results are to be secured. 
Deference Handbook of the Medical Sciences—Veteri¬ 
nary Post Mortem Examinations. —We have received from Dr. 
A. W. Clement, V. S., advanced sheets of this work, and have 
been well repaid for the time devoted to the perusal of its con¬ 
tents. Every veterinarian ought to read it and profit by its sug¬ 
gestions, for Dr. Clement has here presented a subject which we 
fear is sadly ignored and neglected by our veterinary pathologists. 
A post-mortem examination is seldom a work of which the details 
possess any attractive features, and very few persons are in haste 
to undertake a “ job ” of the kind, for that is what it is, though 
it is not always easy to discover whether the reluctance proceeds 
from the fact that it involves much labor of a disagreeable sort, 
or whether the secret aversion springs from a consciousness of 
one’s incompetency to the expert and creditable performance of 
the duty. Dr. Clement’s instructions in the method of proceed¬ 
ing are wise and practical. He divides the post-mortem into two 
classes—one of which includes such as may be made while the 
practitioner is furnished with the equipments and facilities con¬ 
tained in a regular laboratory at large establishments, provided 
with tables, “ ad hoc; ” the other comprising those which are 
made “ al fresco,” in the field. But in both he shows the reader 
the best method of conducting his investigations; how to proceed 
