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specialist, in which branch he has been in successful practice 
in Brooklyn for a number of years. All this time he has main¬ 
tained a connection of his specialty with veterinary patients by 
delivering each year a valuable course of lectures at the Ameri¬ 
can Veterinary College, with abundant illustrative subjects at 
the college clinics. His work well displays his adaptability for 
the undertaking, for he has given us a very compact and compre¬ 
hensive treatise. His preface is particularly modest and laconic : 
“ My excuse for perpetrating this work consists in shifting the 
blame on the students who so often have asked me to recom¬ 
mend something that could be studied without necessitating the 
perusal of many pages. And so this is the result. I lay claim 
to but little originality, although what I have told is the result 
of conscientious study, supplemented by practice, both private 
and clinical, and careful observation. Let me hope, therefore, 
that my motives will be taken into consideration by any critic 
who may deem this publication worthy of notice.” 
The work itself consists in an introduction, which treats of 
the physiology of vision, with special reference to the horse, 
the various complex propositions being made plain by simple 
diagrams. It is divided into seventeen chapters, which describe 
successively the orbital cavity, the lids, the lachrymal gland, 
muscles of the eye, the conjunctiva, the cornea, the sclera, the 
iris, the ciliary body, sympathetic ophthalmia, the choroid, 
crystalline lens, the optic nerve, glaucoma, and enucleation. 
Under the various headings the most common diseases of the 
structures described are discussed, and where illustrations will 
be of assistance to the reader they are generously supplied. 
The colored plate, “The Normal Fundus of the Bye,” is espe¬ 
cially valuable, and we have no doubt the work will meet with 
a hearty reception from the profession. The house of W. R. 
Jenkins, 851 Sixth avenue. New York, has done itself credit in 
the manner in which it has placed the book in the market. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK COUNTY. ' 
The regular monthly meeting of the Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation of New York County was called to order by President 
Huidekoper at eight o’clock sharp on the evening of April 7th, 
1897, at the association rooms in the Academy of Medicine. 
On roll-call the following members responded : Drs. C. C. 
Cattanach, J. S. Cattanach, J. S. Cattanach, Jr., Delaney, Bllis, 
