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1Re\)iew. THE TRANSPORT OF H ORSES BY SEA. By E. E. MARTIN, VeterinaryLieutenant, Army Veterinary Department. Published by THACKER, SPINK, & Co., Calcutta. This little book of forty-nine pages has been published by the author in the belief that it supplies a want. It is, we believe, the only book so far published exclusively deal.ing with the transport of ~orses by sea, and so we welcome it. It contaInS chapters on the selectIOn of transports, the fitting of them, the management of horses prior to embarkation and on board ship, the diseases of horses on board, the management of them after arrival at their destination. The au thor seems to have done his work fairly well, but we venture to differ with him in one or two of his statements and to wish in others (for the guidance of the young veterinary surgeon who may be asked to see to· the fitting out of a ship) that he had laid down the rules more stringently. As an example the author says, in his chapter on ventilation, that" these shafts should be fairly numerous, but it is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule about their number." Speaking of the use of the alleyways (those' portions of the between decks that lie on either side of the engines) the author gives us the idea that they are quite suitable for carrying horses when the ship is in motion. One ship which went out to the Cape lost every horse which was placed in the alleyways, and in our opinion it is the worst part of the ship. If it lias to be utilised the engines must be cased and deafened. Notwithstanding these little criticisms the book has its good points, and with much that it says we are in agreement. The methods adopted by the shippers of horses from Australia to India, which are methods with which the author is acquainted, are somewhat different from those prevailing in the shipment of horses from here or America to the Cape, but we are glad to have the book to see the lines they go upon.
lRotes anb lRews. THE SANITARY INSTITUTE. The Nineteenth Congress and Exhibition of the Sanitary Institute will be held in the city of Manchester, commencing September 9th, 1902, under the presidentship of the Right Hon. the Earl of Egerton of Tatton. The work of the Congress is devoted to the advancement of sanitary knowledge, which is closely related to the progress of important centres of population, and t.he various ~eetings .afford an opportunity for the representatl.ves of sal1lta.ry authontles. t? dISCUSS th e many 'p~oblems arising in mUI1lClpal and publIc health admll1lstratlon. The exhIbItion held in connection with the congress enables them also to see recent sanitary appliances collected together, and to note those approved by a committee of experts. THE OUTLOOK OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION IN AMERICA. The outlook for the veterinary profession never was so bright as at the present time. The field for the veterinarian is constantly increasing. The rapidly growing population of the United States itself calls for a correspond-
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1Re\)iew. THE TRANSPORT OF H ORSES BY SEA. By E. E. MARTIN, VeterinaryLieutenant, Army Veterinary Department. Published by THACKER, SPINK, & Co., Calcutta. This little book of forty-nine pages has been published by the author in the belief that it supplies a want. It is, we believe, the only book so far published exclusively deal.ing with the transport of ~orses by sea, and so we welcome it. It contaInS chapters on the selectIOn of transports, the fitting of them, the management of horses prior to embarkation and on board ship, the diseases of horses on board, the management of them after arrival at their destination. The au thor seems to have done his work fairly well, but we venture to differ with him in one or two of his statements and to wish in others (for the guidance of the young veterinary surgeon who may be asked to see to· the fitting out of a ship) that he had laid down the rules more stringently. As an example the author says, in his chapter on ventilation, that" these shafts should be fairly numerous, but it is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule about their number." Speaking of the use of the alleyways (those' portions of the between decks that lie on either side of the engines) the author gives us the idea that they are quite suitable for carrying horses when the ship is in motion. One ship which went out to the Cape lost every horse which was placed in the alleyways, and in our opinion it is the worst part of the ship. If it lias to be utilised the engines must be cased and deafened. Notwithstanding these little criticisms the book has its good points, and with much that it says we are in agreement. The methods adopted by the shippers of horses from Australia to India, which are methods with which the author is acquainted, are somewhat different from those prevailing in the shipment of horses from here or America to the Cape, but we are glad to have the book to see the lines they go upon.
lRotes anb lRews. THE SANITARY INSTITUTE. The Nineteenth Congress and Exhibition of the Sanitary Institute will be held in the city of Manchester, commencing September 9th, 1902, under the presidentship of the Right Hon. the Earl of Egerton of Tatton. The work of the Congress is devoted to the advancement of sanitary knowledge, which is closely related to the progress of important centres of population, and t.he various ~eetings .afford an opportunity for the representatl.ves of sal1lta.ry authontles. t? dISCUSS th e many 'p~oblems arising in mUI1lClpal and publIc health admll1lstratlon. The exhIbItion held in connection with the congress enables them also to see recent sanitary appliances collected together, and to note those approved by a committee of experts. THE OUTLOOK OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION IN AMERICA. The outlook for the veterinary profession never was so bright as at the present time. The field for the veterinarian is constantly increasing. The rapidly growing population of the United States itself calls for a correspond-