F. S. BILLINGS 
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REVIEW. 
THE RELATIONS OF ANIMAL DISEASES TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, 
AND THEIR PREVENTION, 
By Frank S. Billings, D.V.S., Graduate of the Royal Veterinary Institute of 
Berlin; Member of the Royal Veterinary Association of the Province of 
Brandenburg, Honorary Member of the Veterinary Society of Montreal, 
Canada, &c. 
Since his return to the United States from his European visit, 
where the author of this volume had been perfecting his profes¬ 
sional studies at the Veterinary Institute of Berlin, of which he 
is the first American graduate, Mr. Billings has directed the prin¬ 
cipal efforts of his professional career to the aim of placing him¬ 
self before the public as the champion of the necessity of the 
establishment of a National Veterinary School in this country. 
Having at various times appealed by his writings in a series of 
published articles referring to that subject, he has to-day crowned 
his former efforts by the publication of the “ Relations of Animal 
Diseases, etc.,” as explicatory of the powerful reasons which ren¬ 
der the foundation of such a national institution imperative and 
desirable. The work appears in a handsome volume of over 400 
pages, brought out in a handsome and attractive style, and writ¬ 
ten in his own peculiar, enthusiastic and earnest tone and man¬ 
ner. The work possesses many excellent points, but would have 
lost none of its value if the language of the author had been, in 
many cases, less severe, and in many parts uncompromising. La 
critique est. aisee, and the ability to criticise well or severely, is not 
the only quality required to insure a desirable result, however 
good and commendable that may be. 
The “ Relations of Animal Diseases ” is divided into three 
parts. 
The first treats of some of the diseases of domestic animals. 
Trichiniasis is a subject to which Mr. Billings has given a'large 
amount of attention. The long article published some time since 
in these pages on that subject, will suffice to satisfy the reader in 
quest of discoveries of interest, of the value of the work, and 
especially at a period when, as at the present time, the question 
