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for horses slaughtered on account of clinical symptoms of glanders. On the other hand, we hope that when the horse-owners declare them­selves ready to have every in-contact horse tested with mallein, and all horses that react relegated to special stables, the Local Authority will grant liberal compensation for clinically glandered animals.

THE DISCUSSION ON PLEURO-PNEUMONIA AT THE

MONTREAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL

ASSOCIATION.

THE question whether contagious pleuro-pneumonia has or has not been stamped out of the American Continent is not one in which the people of this country can now take a great interest, since the impor­tation of cattle from abroad, except for the purpose of slaughter at the port of landing, has been put a stop to by Act of Parliament. It will be remembered that even before the passing of that Act the introduc­tion of store cattle from Canada and the United States of America was prohibited by the Board of Agriculture, because the Board was not satisfied that either of these countries was free from contagious pleuro-pneumonia. Strenuous efforts were made by the Canadian Government to obtain a free entry for its store cattle, and to persuade the Board of Agriculture that the Canadian authorities had no know­ledge of the existence of the disease in question in any part of Canada, and that it was therefore reasonable to conclude that the disease did not exist there. To representations of that sort the Board of Agricul­ture had to reply that among Canadian cattle killed at the port of landing in Great Britain, the British veterinary inspectors from time to time encountered lung lesions which they were unable to distinguish from those of contagious pleuro-pneumonia. We have no intention to ,discuss at length the evidence bearing on the points in dispute between the Board of Agriculture and the Canadian Government, and we are only induced to refer to the subject here by observing that an attempt was made to revivify the controversy at the meeting of the British Medi­cal Association at Montreal in September last. A discussion on the subject was opened by Professor Adami, and we desire to offer a protest against the form of that gentleman's argument. He is reported to have said that with one exception the authorities who supported the attitude of the British Board of Agriculture on the pleuro-pneumonia controversy had not done any first-class work. Professor Adami, it is perhaps needless to remark, is himself one of those who supported the view of the Canadian Government, and we rnay infer that he holds rather a high opinion of the merits of his own scientific work. If he maintains that it has all been of the first class far be it from us to contradict him. vVe would, however, suggest that his opinion on that matter may be biassed, and that in any

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case it is conceivable that he may hold wrong OplnlOnS regarding the pleuro-pneumonia question. Moreover, it is possible that those who differ from him on this point may be right although they have never done any first-class work. In short, Professor Adami set a bad precedent for scientific discussions when he resorted to disparagement of his opponents, and it may be charitably concluded that he spoke without notes, and did not expect his speech. to be reported, at least on this side of the Atlantic.

Exercises in Equine Surgery. By P. J. CADIOT, Professor at the Alfort Veter· inary School. Translated by A. W. Bitting, D. V. M. Edited by A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. With 56 Illustrations. New York: W. R. Jenkins, 851 Sixth Avenue.

THEY manage these things better in France. At the Veterinary College, Alfort, facilities are afforded the students to acquire skill and dexterity in operating. Throughout the Session a day every week is devoted to operations conducted mainly on the dead subject. To assist the students Prof. Cadiot issued in r895 an excellent guide to various operations, many common, some rare, and all more or less useful. The directions are simple and precise, and the illustratIOns form not the least attractive feature of this very valuable book.

To English readers good tram lations of German or French veterinary works are always welcome, but, unfortunately, the capacity necessary to the making of an acceptable translation does not belong to everyone who attempts the task. Cadiot's" Exercices de Chirurgie Hippique" has been translated by Prof. Bitting, and published in New York. According to the Editor, Professor Liautard, whose "additions and corrections," it must be stated, are not very obvIOUS, the translation was prepared as a graduation thesis at the Iowa Veterinary College, for which praiseworthy purpose it was probably good enough, hut as a manual for students and practitioners, read by the light furnished by the original, this reproduction cannot be regarded as an unqualified success. The drawings have been faithfully reproduced, but the text is too literal-indeed, in places hardly' intelligible. As Mark Twain remarks of a different book, "no translation could be closer . . . it is as succinct as an invoice."

With the operations it is unnecessary to deal, as the translator is not responsible for the surgical methods of the author; otherwise he has much to answer for. He has produced a translation which has been spoiled to some extent by loose diction, faulty collocation, some errors in spelling, and numerous Americanisms-which mayor may not be justifiable. Space forbids detailed reference to the many defects of this irksome book, and the few which follow should be taken merely as samples of the less objection­able. "Pass the lead strap ... " (pp. 3-8). " ... When the vessel is opened and in condition so that the blood flows" (p. 8). "Section the tegumentary membrane and the arch of the vascular circumflex ... "(p. I I). "Make a deep incision of a half a centimeter ... " (p. r 2). "Make two sman incisions through the hair" (p. r 5). "Place yourself in profile near the