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and the effort, however praIseworthy in many respects, fails to do justice to either the surgical anatomy or the surgery of the region. Probably a more satisfactory result would have been achieved if the author had adhered more closely to regional anatomy. Where every page is wanted for anatomIcal description precious space should not be wasted by such an operative freak as M'Killips' staphylotomy. To slit the soft palate as a preliminary to exploration of the pharynx may be surgery, but it is not good surgery, as those acquainted with the treatment of cleft soft palate well know. More mIght have been said of the nerve supply of the head and neck, and the surgical anatomy of the lips should have been given. Many of the illuslrations are good, a few are of doubtful value, and one or two might have been suppressed without serious loss to the book. To see how topographical anatomy can be illustrated those interested should consult the work of Drs Ellenberger and Baul11 of Dresden. The preface mentions an index which could not be found. General Surgery. By Dr Eugen Frohner, Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, Berlin. Authorised Translation by Dr Hammond Udall, E.S.A., D. V. M., Associate Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Medicine State University, Ohio, U.S.A. Taylor & Carpenter: Ithaca, 1906. THIS is a translation of the third revised edition of the second volume of a handbook on Veterinary Surgery and Obstetrics, in seven parts, written by various authors and edited by Prof. Frohner and the late Prof. Bayer of Vienna. It is an excellent book, interesting as well as instructive, and filled with information derived from the authors' extensive experience of surgical diseases. \Vounds, bruises, inflammation, ulcers, fistula, gangrene, tumours, concretions and foreign bodies, hernia and prolapse, diseases of bones, joints, tendons, tendon sheaths and bursee, muscles, fasciee, nerves, blood and lymph vessels, glands, the skin and mucous membranes are discussed more or less concisely, and mainly from the view-point of the surgical pathologist. Perhaps the best chapters are those on wounds, fractures, and tumours, but every page merits careful reading. Prof. Udall has produced a convenient and muchneeded translation, which unfortunately has been somewhat marred by indifferent printing and a few errors of spelling. Notes on Blood-serum Therapy, Preventive Inoculation, and Toxin and Serum Diagnosis. By Walter Jowett, F.R.C.V.S., D.V.H. Bailliere, Tindall & Cox: London, 1907. Price, 5/- nett. MR JOWETT has produced a handy little volume which is likely to prove useful to veterinary students. The opening chapter is devoted to immunity, and in it the various current theories regarding the protective forces of the body against bacteria are succinctly explained. The second deals with the methods of conferring immunity, and the third with diseases due to ultravisible viruses, while the two concluding chapters deal respectively with diseases caused by protozoa and toxin and serum diagnosis. Upon the whole the author has succeeded in giving a clear and accurate exposition of the matters dealt with, but there are one or two noticeable errors. For example, the list of diseases due to ultravisible viruses wrongly includes bovine pleuro-pneumonia, and omits several maladies which have been definitely proved to belong to that category. The ahsence of any reference to the use of artificial cultures of the organism of bovine pleuro-pneumonia for protective inoculation against that disease is a rather serious omission. The book contains a number of illustrations, some original and others borrowed, but all good.
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and the effort, however praIseworthy in many respects, fails to do justice to either the surgical anatomy or the surgery of the region. Probably a more satisfactory result would have been achieved if the author had adhered more closely to regional anatomy. Where every page is wanted for anatomIcal description precious space should not be wasted by such an operative freak as M'Killips' staphylotomy. To slit the soft palate as a preliminary to exploration of the pharynx may be surgery, but it is not good surgery, as those acquainted with the treatment of cleft soft palate well know. More mIght have been said of the nerve supply of the head and neck, and the surgical anatomy of the lips should have been given. Many of the illuslrations are good, a few are of doubtful value, and one or two might have been suppressed without serious loss to the book. To see how topographical anatomy can be illustrated those interested should consult the work of Drs Ellenberger and Baul11 of Dresden. The preface mentions an index which could not be found. General Surgery. By Dr Eugen Frohner, Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, Berlin. Authorised Translation by Dr Hammond Udall, E.S.A., D. V. M., Associate Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Medicine State University, Ohio, U.S.A. Taylor & Carpenter: Ithaca, 1906. THIS is a translation of the third revised edition of the second volume of a handbook on Veterinary Surgery and Obstetrics, in seven parts, written by various authors and edited by Prof. Frohner and the late Prof. Bayer of Vienna. It is an excellent book, interesting as well as instructive, and filled with information derived from the authors' extensive experience of surgical diseases. \Vounds, bruises, inflammation, ulcers, fistula, gangrene, tumours, concretions and foreign bodies, hernia and prolapse, diseases of bones, joints, tendons, tendon sheaths and bursee, muscles, fasciee, nerves, blood and lymph vessels, glands, the skin and mucous membranes are discussed more or less concisely, and mainly from the view-point of the surgical pathologist. Perhaps the best chapters are those on wounds, fractures, and tumours, but every page merits careful reading. Prof. Udall has produced a convenient and muchneeded translation, which unfortunately has been somewhat marred by indifferent printing and a few errors of spelling. Notes on Blood-serum Therapy, Preventive Inoculation, and Toxin and Serum Diagnosis. By Walter Jowett, F.R.C.V.S., D.V.H. Bailliere, Tindall & Cox: London, 1907. Price, 5/- nett. MR JOWETT has produced a handy little volume which is likely to prove useful to veterinary students. The opening chapter is devoted to immunity, and in it the various current theories regarding the protective forces of the body against bacteria are succinctly explained. The second deals with the methods of conferring immunity, and the third with diseases due to ultravisible viruses, while the two concluding chapters deal respectively with diseases caused by protozoa and toxin and serum diagnosis. Upon the whole the author has succeeded in giving a clear and accurate exposition of the matters dealt with, but there are one or two noticeable errors. For example, the list of diseases due to ultravisible viruses wrongly includes bovine pleuro-pneumonia, and omits several maladies which have been definitely proved to belong to that category. The ahsence of any reference to the use of artificial cultures of the organism of bovine pleuro-pneumonia for protective inoculation against that disease is a rather serious omission. The book contains a number of illustrations, some original and others borrowed, but all good.