BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
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He was born in London, England, May 6, 1833, coining - 
to America when a young man, and engaged in the practice 
of veterinary medicine in partnership witli the late Dr. E. 
Nostrand. In 1866 both he and Dr. Nostrand entered the New 
York College of Veterinary Surgeons, at 205 Lexington Ave., 
New York City, Dr. Nostrand graduating in 1867, and Dr. Bur¬ 
den the following year. It is related that in his last year at 
college he had the distinction of forming the entire class, to 
whom regular lectures were given by quite a large faculty, he 
graduating in the spring of 1868. He immediately resumed the 
practice which he had formed as a non-graduate, and enjoyed 
for many years a large and lucrative business. Before there 
was a college in this country to give him his coveted veterinary 
training he was active in the advancement of the profession, 
having been a charter member of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association, its Secretary from 1865 to 1867 ar >d its 
Treasurer for many years. When the American Veterinary 
College was established his sympathies and support went with 
it, taking an addendum degree from that college in 1876; and 
he was ever loyal to his alma mater, serving as an alumni* trus¬ 
tee for a number of years, and no movement looking to her wel¬ 
fare ever occurred that Charles Burden was not a leading spirit. 
A Christian gentleman, charitable and sympathetic to a fault, 
modest and unassuming, his was a noble life, an adornment and 
an example to his calling, and his place will be hard to fill. 
The death of a beloved son about five years ago was a serious 
blow, but there survive him his devoted wife and a son who 
was at the time of his father’s death serving as a Government 
civil engineer at Santiago, Cuba. The funeral occurred at his 
late residence, 216 East 52d Street, New York City, Jan. 27. 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology: An Introduction to 
Practical Bacteriology for Students and'Practitioners of Comparative and of Human 
Medicine. By Veranus A. Moore, B.S., M.D., Professor at the New York State 
Veterinary Colleg-*. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Boston : Ginn & 
Company.- 
Dr. Moore’s little brochure first appeared in 1898, and the 
call for a second edition has followed so closely upon its intro¬ 
duction that its appreciation has been well pronounced. Bac¬ 
teriology has taken such a commanding position in the practi¬ 
cal work of the veterinarian, that he who ignores its teachings 
or practical application is virtually without a place in advanced 
