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passing away, to be replaced by more delicate and less horsy 
methods, such as are used in the administration of alkaloids by 
the dosimetric process, trachial injections and now hypoder¬ 
mic medication. In bringing the subject before the medical 
profession—human and veterinary—as Dr. Stockwell has done, 
we feel that he has aided the cause of comparative medicine 
to a considerable extent, and believe that the volume which he 
has presented to us will prove to be of much advantage to all 
veterinarians as well as to physicians. The book is nicely 
gotten up, forms a volume of little over ioo pages and is pub¬ 
lished by George S. Davis, of Detroit, Michigan. 
THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF VETERINARY SURGERY. 
By Peof. William Williams— Seventh Edition—(Sabiston & Murray, New 
York). 
Yes, the seventh edition. What does a scientific work 
need by way of recommendation and as evidence of apprecia¬ 
tion of its value more than those few words ? 
It is but a few years—since 1872 being the year of the first 
edition, if we are not mistaken—when Professor Williams pre' 
sented to veterinarians his excellent work on veterinary sur 
gery, and at frequent intervals since he has issued editions of 
his original work, each time enlarging it by the addition of new 
features of value, and this, the last issue, follows this admira 
ble habit of its predecessors. The book has been for years 
the best book of all English-reading veterinary schools and 
has thus found a good market, but medical or veterinary books 
must keep up with the times if they wish to command and keep 
the appreciation of scientific men. Professor Williams’ works 
are excellent, their publication has added much, very much to 
English veterinary literature, but there still remains in the Prac 
tice of Surgery room for improvement and even for correc¬ 
tion, together with space for the introduction of those new ideas 
and methods which, in the constant progress of the science, 
have already met the approval of the profession, and which we 
hope, for the benefit of veterinary science, we will find in the’ 
next issue. The work is gotten up in the same manner as its 
predecessors, contains two pages more of reading matter and 
has one more illustration than the sixth edition. 
