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Dispensatory—has been condensed ; while the description of 
their actions on the several domesticated animals, and their 
therapeutical employment has received fuller and more sys¬ 
tematic consideration. The author has introduced into this 
work a new classification which in many respects is a great 
improvement over anything previously attempted. Classifi¬ 
cation according to action has always been confounding, as 
many medicines have a variety of actions, and the same drug 
has to be placed sometimes in half a dozen groups, as, for ex¬ 
ample, alcohol is stimulant, irritant, narcotic, sedative, and 
anaesthetic. Dun adopts here the same classification used by 
Dr. Lauder Brunton, in his recent work, and it is at once 
quickly understood and to the student will greatly facilitate 
the study of individual drugs. 
His “ Index to Diseases and Remedies,” which -in foriner 
works was a mere list of drugs usually prescribed in particu¬ 
lar disorders, has been greatly enhanced in value by a synop¬ 
sis of the condition which seems to indicate the employ¬ 
ment of any certain medicine, together with the gross path¬ 
ology of the disease, and the manner in which the drug is 
supposed to cure it. 
An appendix is added to the work containing the unpub¬ 
lished notes of experiments, by Fred Smith and Charles 
Rutherford, of Aldershot, with aconitine, aloine and atro¬ 
pine. Their previous alkaloid experiments—reviewed in 
these pages over a year ago—are detailed in the body of the 
book. 
In every department the book shows signs of infused life, 
having felt the need of it for so long a time no veterinarian 
should allow his library to contain only the old edition. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
ARMY VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
Editor American Veterinary Review: 
Dear Sir. —The above subject having appeared under 
various aspects, I venture to express the views of some of 
the present army incumbents on the matter. 
