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“The Four Bovine Scourges,” by Prof. Thomas Walley, 
F.R.C.V.S.. Principal of Dick’s Royal Veterinary College, Edin¬ 
burgh, is before us. It is a commendable addition to English 
veterinary medical literature, for which the author deserves the 
thanks of all friends of the profession desirous of seeing veterin¬ 
ary surgery in English-speaking countries elevated to that position 
which it should occupy, and which it has already reached in many 
European countries. 
This end can never be accomplished in so long as we consent 
to be mere followers in the footsteps of foreign scientific investi¬ 
gators. Original work must be prosecuted by ourselves, if we 
are to rank honorably among the leaders in the race for suprem¬ 
acy : and it is because of the long felt need that our literature in 
the English language should be unexcelled, as well as for the 
intrinsic worth of the work itself, that we cordially welcome our 
esteemed colleague to the ranks of English veterinary authors. 
Two of the diseases treated upon, zymotic pleuro-pneumonia 
and tuberculosis, are so generally prevalent in the eastern part of 
the United States and are receiving so much attention by the 
public, that the conclusions deduced by the author from his ex¬ 
perience with them will prove of unusual interest to the members 
of the profession in America, at this time. 
Of the other two diseases of which the author has treated, 
happily the one most rapidly disastrous to cattle, rinderpest, is as 
yet unknown to this country ; while with foot and mouth disease 
we have had but a short experience, so that while these diseases have 
not the same practical interest at the moment for us as the former 
two, they are, nevertheless, treated of in such a manner as to 
make them interesting to the reader. 
The author’s statements, both of facts and opinions, are for 
the most part succintly made, and the style is easy and graceful; 
at the same time, when his opinions differ from those in general 
acceptance, they are boldly made and supported by conclusions 
