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firms how to prevent and counteract them. But great will be the 
disappointment suffered by the reader who masters the first hun¬ 
dred pages of the work. No doubt, there aro some very interest¬ 
ing items of advice given, such as the observations on foul air in 
the stable and the improper feeding, all of which will probably 
pay the reader for the time he may devote to the book. The 
most serious and probably the most valuable point in the design 
of the author is to establish the fact that horses will do better on 
two meals a day than on three, and will do better on food pro¬ 
portionate to their work ; and there are other equally judicious 
suggestions, connected with some sound and proper hygienic re¬ 
marks. It is to be regretted that the author has not limited him¬ 
self to these special points, and should not have found better 
reason for his new mode of feeding than to refer us to what he 
calls the veterinary practice of to-day, where he relates the his¬ 
tory of a case most ignorantly treated by a person quite unworthy 
of the title which the author so generously gives him. The days 
of ignorance in veterinary medicine are gone by, and cases of 
laminitis are no longer treated by bleeding, inflating the shoul¬ 
ders, blistering the entire chest, purging, etc., etc. In the second 
part of the book, theories and facts in favor of the employment 
of unshod horses for all kinds of work are reprinted from the pen 
of Sir George Cox and Col. M. C. Weld. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regular montly meeting of the New York State Veterin¬ 
ary Society was held at the American Veterinary College on 
Tuesday, June 10th, 1884, at 8 p. m. The President, Dr. Liau- 
tard, in the chair. 
Members present, were: Drs. Liautard, Robertson, Duane, 
Burden, Dixon, Burget, Bath, Charum, Allen, Pendry, Ryder 
and Kay. 
On motion, minutes of the two previous meetings were read 
and adopted. 
