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cellcnt work. Having first shown the danger to the human race 
of animal diseases, and secondly, placed before his readers the 
methods by which these dangers are avoided in Germany, he now 
calls upon us for the means of checking them in the United 
States, which may be comprehensively stated to be the establish¬ 
ment of a national veterinary police system and a National Veter¬ 
inary Institute. 
Every lover of his profession will agree with the idea, and 
every veterinarian will certainly endorse the principle laid down 
in the views so strongly, and, at times, too strongly, expressed. But 
to arrive at this conclusion, was it necessary to speak, as the au¬ 
thor lias done, of the attempts which have been made to establish 
veterinary schools by private enterprise ? These efforts have, in 
some cases, at least, originated in disinterested motives; as much 
so, at least, as those which usually lie at the foundation of business 
endeavors, and have not been started with the sole consideration 
“whether it would pay or not , in the American sense” but with 
the honorable object of educating, as well as possible, young men 
desiring it, in the various departments of veterinary medicine. It 
ought not to be expected that these schools,' in which the gentle¬ 
men engaged in teaching are contributing their time and labor 
without either private, city, State or general governmental finan¬ 
cial support, can accomplish results such as the large schools of 
Europe can bring forth, with the assistance of a heavy financial 
budget. And still, these private schools, asking nothing, expect¬ 
ing nothing, non-paying institutions, keep on with their work, 
which they believe has not proved altogether worthless. 
Taken altogether, the “ Relations of Animal Diseases ” will 
prove an excellent acquisition for every one who is a lover of live¬ 
stock and of his own welfare, and is mindful of his personal value 
from the point of view of our national wealth. It must find its 
way into every veterinary library, and in producing it Mr. 
Billings has done well, and merits the sincere good wishes of 
all for its success, and that of his efforts in aiding in the creation 
in America of a National Veterinary School. (L.) 
