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pigs remained thin and delicate ; the skin is rough to the 
touch ; the hair is long, stiff and coarse, and the voice is 
aborted and plaintive. 
From further experiments, M. Moussu says that he be¬ 
lieves that by the ablation of the thyroid body any one may, 
at will, according to the individuals operated on, give rise to 
cretinism, with atrophic, in the myxcedematous form. 
The thyroid body then, has a physiological function which 
influences the general nutrition, with a well marked effect 
upon the young ones, evidently much less upon adults, and 
which is manifested by various, but analagous symptoms, ac¬ 
cording to the species of the animals.— Ibid. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
NEW PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF MEDICINE. By John M. Kea¬ 
ting, M.D., LL.D. (W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia). 
A COMPLETE PRONOUNCING MEDICAL DICTIONARY. By Joseph 
Thomas M.D., LL.D. (J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia). 
These are two new additions to medical literature which 
veterinarians, and especiallv students while at college, will do 
well to possess. Both works are brought out in uniform style, 
and give the signification, etymology and pronunciation of 
medical terms. There are also appendices, each relating sev¬ 
erally to different subjects. That of Keating gives an import¬ 
ant table of bacilli, micrococci, leucomaines, ptomaines, drugs, 
poisons and antidotes, etc.; while that of Thomas furnishes 
an explanation of Latin terms, writing prescriptions, tables of 
doses, of chemical symbols, of the orders and families of living 
mammalia, and metric weights and measures. 
Both works are issued in the form and style of excellence 
which are characteristic of the publications bearing the im¬ 
prints of these Philadelphia houses. 
DISEASES OF THE LUNGS, HEART AND KIDNEYS. By N. S. Davis, 
Jr., A.M., M.D. (F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia.) 
This volume of over three hundred and fifty pages is a com¬ 
ponent portion of a series of lectures delivered by the author 
