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achieved such glorious results for the live-stock industry of this 
country and the cause of veterinary science, and whose splen¬ 
did career cannot be equalled by that of any body of investiga¬ 
tors in the world’s history, conceived the idea of placing in com¬ 
pact form the story of its accomplishments, together with a 
sketch of those who have made these results possible. So he 
undertook the compilation of the volume under review, and he 
may well send it forth with pride, for it is a most complete and 
comprehensive work, and is but a just tribute to his army of 
faithful and devoted workers. It gives a concise history of the 
Bureau, the objects of its establishment, and the gradual widen¬ 
ing of its sphere, all working in one way or another to stop the 
losses and to increase the receipts of the stock-raisers of the 
United States. Following the historical sketch there are 568 
photo-engravings of the officers and employes, and in the second 
section a short biographical sketch of each individual in the em¬ 
ploy of the Bureau at the close of the century. The frontispiece 
is a reproduction of the well-known picture of the President and 
Cabinet, followed by excellent full-page pictures of President 
McKinley, Secretary Wilson, Chief Salmon, and other digni¬ 
taries connected with the work. 
We congratulate the compiler on the completeness of the 
task which he has accomplished and the excellent manner in 
which his artisans have fulfilled their contracts. R. R. B. 
Merck’s 1901 Manual of the Materia Medica : A ready-reference pocket book 
for the practicing physician and surgeon. Merck & Co., New York and Chicago. 
This comprehensive compilation has come to be regarded by 
those for whose benefit it is regularly published as almost an 
indispensable companion, for while the text-book in the library 
goes into the subject with greater derail, the Manual deduces 
into small compass the most potent facts concerning the most 
modern and useful of the drugs and combinations, besides in¬ 
cluding the very newest preparations, many of which are not 
found in the text-books at all. For instance, the present num¬ 
ber contains all the important new remedies of the past year. 
A new feature is introduced in this number by including the 
solubilities and incompatibilities of the various drugs and chem¬ 
icals, while a formulary of well-selected prescriptions, gleaned 
from all reliable sources, has taken the place of the “ thera¬ 
peutic indications ” of former editions, the prescriptions being 
arranged in accordance with the conditions which indicate 
their uses, thus enabling the reader to perceive at a glance the 
