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interfere with the movement of home stock except in reference 
to those animals .which are the subjects of the disease, and 
which in the terms of the 57th section of the Act cannot be 
legally in a position where they would inflict injury on healthy 
animals. The point which has been brought prominently for¬ 
ward we commend to the consideration of the profession. It is 
suggested that all veterinary surgeons be compelled to certify to 
the authorities in all cases of contagious and infectious disease 
of stock which come under their notice. We do not propose 
now to discuss the point in its different bearings, but the idea 
is one of which we cordially approve. Long prior to the 
amalgamation of the states now composing the German 
Empire it was in force in many of them, of which Hanover 
may be cited as an example. Its practical working has been 
found to be nearly efficient, for by it the central authority 
is enabled to quickly put into operation the provisions of the 
sanitary laws applicable to Contagious Diseases (Animals), 
and thus to save much valuable property to the state. 
Review. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
The Charlier Shoe; its Advantages, Disadvantages and Use. 
(With Illustrations.) By William Pallin, Veterinary 
Surgeon, Royal Artillery. Dublin : McGlashan and Gill. 
London : Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 
An apparently simple matter, the adaptation of a protective 
covering to the horse’s foot, has long been a subject of con¬ 
troversy. Inventive ingenuity has been taxed to the utmost, 
and all conceivable forms of shoes—long, short, flat, curved, 
thick, thin, simple and complex—have been the result. 
Among others the plan invented or introduced by M. Charlier 
has excited much attention, and strong opinions have been 
given for and against it. On the one hand we learn that it 
leaves nothing to be desired, on the other that its use is 
ruinous to the horse’s foot. 
Mr. Pallin’s little treatise on the subject avoids an 
