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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
publication of the first report of the discovery of a new surgical 
treatment for this affection, and the announcement of the suc¬ 
cess which had followed its application, at once excited public at¬ 
tention, and a large amount of criticism found its way into the 
veterinary press, many of the writers expressing their doubts, 
and a portion of them their entire dissent in regard to the cor¬ 
rectness of the published reports. Experimental tests were made 
by various practitioners, and the occurrence of failures in these 
numerous cases seemed to confirm the negative verdict upon 
which the dissenters had agreed. We were ourselves included in 
this class. Misled by errors of statements contained in the early 
reports, the experiments failed to be successful in consequence of 
the improper operations which had been described, or rather, be¬ 
cause those which were performed were not identical with those 
which Dr. Fleming had described in his “ Roaring in Horses.” It 
seems that the conclusions were too hastily adopted, just as the 
experiments had been too hastily made. They were, in fact, made 
on false interpretations of the modus operandi required for the 
relief of this serious disease. 
In this little book the author does not limit himself to a mere 
description of the operation, but adds to it an excellent and most 
complete treatise upon the affection, the treatment of which has 
hitherto baffled the skill of veterinarians. 
In a series of chapters, the reader is fully interested in the 
history and the etiology of the disease, with its various predispo¬ 
sitions, and symptoms and pathological anatomy, and is then in¬ 
ducted into the various forms of preventive and curative treat¬ 
ment, the concluding portion consisting of a minute description 
of the true surgical steps of the process, from which the prevail¬ 
ing sensation has risen, and which has resulted in the controversy 
which has been so vigorously maintained. The literary execution 
of the work has been performed with the characteristic ability of 
the author, and is marked by the same clearness of statement and 
easy and graceful style of composition which those who are fa¬ 
miliar with the writings of the author have learned to expect 
from the practised pen of Dr. Fleming. 
A number of well executed plates illustrate the work, and 
