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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Precis de Toxicologie Veterinaire. (Treatise of Veterinary 
Toxicology.) By Prof. G. Mosselman and G. Hebrant, of 
Bruxelles. (Asselin and Houznan, Paris, H. Lamertin, Bruxelles). 
Professor Dwindiddie has lately presented the English read¬ 
ing veterinarian with a work on “Veterinary Bacteriology,” 
ti anslated from one issued by the authors of the new book on 
“Veterinary Toxicology,” and the success obtained by the pub¬ 
lication of Professor Dwindiddie, may prove an inducement for 
some one interested to translate the new work. The subject, 
v e ai e suie, is comparatively new with the American veterin¬ 
arians, and though we know it receives some special attention 
in at least one of our veterinary colleges, it is one which veter¬ 
inarians cannot afford to be ignorant of. 
The work, in its 372 pages, treats after a short introduction, 
hist of general, and in a second part, of special toxicology. The 
hrst part is divided into three chapters: 1st, Physiologico- 
medical toxicology; 2d, Chemical toxicology; 3d, Legal medi¬ 
cine and classification of poisons or toxics. 
In the second part, the metals and their compounds are con- 
sideied. Arsenic, antimony, copper, zinc, lead and mercury, 
etc.; the metalloids, mineral acids, phosphorus, etc. 
In the second chapter, gases and vapors are considered, and 
m the third the organic substances, organic acids, opium, strych¬ 
nine, tobacco, belladonna, veratrum, digitalis, canthorides, 
ergot, etc., bring to a close the consideration of this important 
subject. 
“Veterinary Toxicology” may not be the only one of its 
kind, for as the authors say, they have been inspired by works 
from previous authors, but we believe it is the hrst one where 
the veterinarian can hnd gathered into one single volume every¬ 
thing which has been written in relation to the subject of toxi¬ 
cology, pertaining to all domestic animals, and by it all in¬ 
quirers may at a glance hnd what they want without being 
obliged to refer to many works on therapeutics, pathology, hygi¬ 
ene, botany or chemistry. 
