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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Jenkins has made the volume worthy of its valuable con¬ 
tents by presenting it in handsome style, the typography, paper 
and binding being excellent. R. R. B. 
Outline of the Clinical Diagnostic of the Internal Diseases of Domestic Ani¬ 
mals. By Prof. Dr. Bernard Malkmus, in charge of the Equine Hospital of the Royal 
Veterinary College of Hanover, Germany. Translated by Profs. D. S White and 
Paul Fischer, of the Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. 
Chicago : Alex. Eger, 34 East Van Buren St. 
We are pleased to note by the appearance of this neat little 
volume that Mr. Eger is keeping up the task which he imposed 
upon himself a couple of years ago of giving to the veterinary 
profession translations of some of the best recent productions of 
foreign authors bearing upon the important specialties in veter¬ 
inary science. While he has already published a number of 
works, including “ Meat Inspection,” “ Milk Inspection,” etc., 
none have appealed so strongly to the practitioner as the present 
volume, for surely no subject is of greater practical importance 
than that of clinical diagnostics; indeed, many claim that the 
true science resides in this step, therapy being a simple matter 
when once the indications have become established by a correct 
diagnosis. The veterinarian having to rely upon the subjective 
symptoms in a patient which cannot speak, diagnosis is just so 
much more difficult than in the human patient. Therefore, 
any aid that can be brought to him from an authoritative source 
should be hailed with delight. The great opportunities and 
brilliant achievements of Prof. Malkmus in this field have made 
for him an international reputation as a diagnostician, and we 
are greatly indebted to his translators, Profs. White and Fischer, 
who are eminently qualified for the work. 
The volume consists of 200 pages, with numerous illustra¬ 
tions, many being in colors, some of which are excellent, that 
depicting a horse suffering from azoturia being very accurate. 
We advise every practicing veterinarian to have a copy of 
Malkmus in easy reaching distance in his office library, and to 
study it over and over again, for there are many very thought¬ 
ful and valuable facts given in a very concise manner. 
R. R. B. 
Bureau of Animal Industry : Century Souvenir Book—1884-1900. 
Through the courtesy of the compiler and publisher, Dr. D. 
E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau, we have received the hand¬ 
some souvenir volume which bears the above title. At the 
close of the nineteenth century, the “father” of this magnifi¬ 
cent branch of the Department of Agriculture, which has 
