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Review. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—II or. 
The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Surgery. By 
William Williams, M.K.C.V.S., F.R.S., &c., Principal 
and Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at the 
Edinburgh Veterinary College; Professor of Veterinary 
Surgery, and Examiner in Agriculture for the Highland 
and Agricultural Society of Scotland; and a Member of 
the Council of the Boyal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Edinburgh : Maclachlan and Stewart; London : Simpkin, 
Marshall, and Co. 1872. 
It has frequently been asserted, and not perhaps without 
some truth, that the teachers of veterinary medicine, as a 
whole, have contributed less to the enrichment of our profes¬ 
sional literature than might have been expected. As helping 
to remove this reproach, if so be it exists, and as showing 
that teachers and teaching institutions are willing to make 
every effort to place themselves where they ought to be, in 
the front ranks of professional progress. Professor Williams 
has come to the rescue, and an examination of his work has 
satisfied us that he has not only not failed in the attempt, 
but has done much to promote the advancement of veterinary 
science. 
The work is purely, or nearly purely surgical. The 
task which in his preface the author tells us he has 
attempted to accomplish, viz.— <f To render a full, and at the 
same time concise exposition of the pathology of the diseases 
—more particularly of the surgical diseases—to which the 
domestic animals are subject, together with an account of the 
principles which ought to regulate their management and 
treatment”—has been executed in a manner calculated to 
impress us very favorably, not only with his scientific and pro¬ 
fessional abilities, but also, considering the somewhat excep¬ 
tional circumstances in which he was for some time placed, 
with his energy and perseverance. Like the majority of 
treatises on systemic medicine and surgery, the earlier chapters 
are devoted to the consideration of the nature, varieties, 
symptoms, results, and treatment of that difficult and ever 
debateable subject of inflammation. In these several 
chapters ample justice is done to the varied and important 
phenomena attending this complex morbid action, and we 
