REVIEWS

The Veterinary Bulletin, Vol. III, Part I. Published by the Imperial Bureau of
      Animal Health, Weybridge, Surrey, England. (Annual subscription £2.)

In Part IV, Volume I of the Indian Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal
Husbandry, a review was published of the first two numbers of the newly publish-
ed Veterinary Bulletin—the official organ of the Imperial Bureau of Animal
Health—and attention was drawn to the great need which had previously been
felt for such an abstracting journal, dealing with matters affecting the health of
domesticated animals in tropical as well as temperate climates. Part I of Volume
III of the Bulletin has now been received and as considerable modifications have
taken place, as a result of the experience acquired, it seems desirable to further
review this publication, the great value of which is now well established.

During the first year the Bulletin was issued quarterly but during the second
year issues were made at monthly intervals, and this policy is to be continued.
Adjustments have moreover been made in the lay-out of Volume III to allow of the
publication of a much larger number of abstracts than has hitherto been possible.
This increase in size indicates the increasing thoroughness with which the litera-
ture is being combed for relevant matter and this is further shown in the list,
covering the first 12 pages of the issue under review, of the publications which are
now being indexed and surveyed by the Imperial Bureau of Animal Health. A
study of this list shows that all the most important publications are now dealt
with, and it is clear that no worker who wishes to keep abreast of the very rapid
advance which is taking place in such matters can afford to be without this Bulletin.
The abstracts are moreover of sufficient length to give a clear idea of the impor-
tant points brought out in the articles reviewed and the Bulletin should be of
value to the field worker as well as to those engaged in laboratory research. The
print is clear and the make-up good and the producers and publishers are to be
congratulated on having achieved a notable addition to the literature of Animal
Health in this very compact and informative Bulletin. [A. O.]

Veterinary Obstetrics and Zootechnics, by HOWARD, N., and BEEMAN, D. V. M.
                      (Baillière, Tindall & Cox ; London). Price 15s.

The title of this book is somewhat misleading, when read by a veterinary
surgeon. One would imagine that, from a professional point of view, a veteri-
narian would be entitled to expect some account of abnormal aspects of parturi-
tion, but nothing of this nature is mentioned throughout the book.

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