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REVIEW. 
Dr. Coates stated that he favors salycylic acid as a remedy 
for the disease in plethoric subjects only. In anaemic animals, 
he considered tonics indicated. 
Dr. Cattanach said that he had seen good results from the 
use of the Turkish bath, and the administration of alkalies in¬ 
ternally. 
The essayist was tendered a vote of thanks, after which the 
society went into executive session. 
Dr. Coates proposed A. F. Martin, D.Y.S., for membership. 
Dr. Kemp was appointed essayist for the next meeting, to be 
held at the American Veterinary College on Tuesday, Dec. 
12th, at 8 o’clock p. m. 
H. T. Foote, M.D., V.S., 
Secretary. 
REVIEW. 
ANIMAL PLAGUES. 
By G. Fleming, F.R.C.V.S., F.R.G.S., Etc. 
The numerous valuable works for which our profession are 
already indebted to the author of “ Animal Plagues” are so well 
known to veterinarians, and the name that George Fleming has 
earned for himself as a writer and a veterinarian, is so widely and 
thoroughly established, that it needs only to mention the publica¬ 
tion of a new book from his famed pen, to indicate that veterinary 
medicine and its literature are again under obligation for an im¬ 
portant accession to their means of usefulness. In 1871 the first 
volume of “ Animal Plagues ” was presented to the veterinary 
world, and 1882 sees the continuation of the same work, present¬ 
ing us with the history of plagues amongst animals from A.D. 
1800 to 1844. 
The amount of laborious research, the careful perusal of au¬ 
thorities of all kinds, the thorough and minute manner in which 
every subject must have been investigated, can only be appreci¬ 
ated by a close reading of these excellent works. By these aids 
the veterinarian of to-day is made familiar with the history of the 
