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outbreak of every disease which has affected domestic animals 
throughout the world, and almost to modern times; and when the 
author tells us that this large undertaking was commenced twenty 
years ago and is only now brought to completion by the publica¬ 
tion of this second volume, we cannot avoid a deep feeling of ad¬ 
miration for the courage with which the work has been so sucess- 
fully brought to an end. And now that the history of these 
diseases have been made familiar to the veterinary profession, its 
members will become better and better prepared to combat their 
development and to oppose their ravages. 
George Fleming has done much for the veterinary profession 
in England. The military and civil practitioner have both seen 
their professional standing advanced by his efforts in their behalf, 
but the English speaking world (that of England and of America) 
will always account his name as one of the foremost in the work 
of improving the opportunities of veterinary students to perfect 
their knowledge, by the numerous aids he has placed at their dis¬ 
posal.— [Ed.] 
THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
By M. Williams, F.R.C.V.S., F.R.S.E., Etc. 
(3rd Edition.) 
But a few years ago the student of veterinary medicine had, 
so to speak, but one work at his disposal on “Veterinary Prac¬ 
tice,” viz., that of Percivall, aud in those days, with the exception 
of Blaine and Youatt, veterinary class books of value were rare 
indeed. Recently, however, English writers have felt the defici¬ 
ency, and have set themselves at work to remedy it, and the vet¬ 
erinarians of England and of America are now in possession of 
numerous excellent works on the various branches of their chosen 
science. Amongst those which have proved most successful and 
which have received a well deserved reception, is “ The Principles 
and Practice of Veterinary Medicine,” by Prof. W. Williams. 
The first edition, published in 1874, was soon followed by a sec¬ 
ond in 1879, and now, three years later, we are presented with a 
third edition, revised and enlarged by a supplement. Could the 
