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MISCELLANEOUS


THE HOME DOCTORING OF ANIMALS.

By Harold Leeney, M.R.C.V.S. Fourth edition, thoroughly revised and greatly enlarged, with nearly 100 illlustrations. 8vo., cloth, 12s. 6d. (postage 8d.)

Contents.―I. Diseases of the Blood―II. Diseases of the Heart―III. Diseases of the Digestive System―IV. Tumours―V. Diseases of the Respiratory Organs―VI. Diseases of the Eye―VII. Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System―VIII. Diseases of the Generative Organs―IX. Diseases connected with Parturition―X. Troubles of the New Born―XI. Skin Diseases―XII. Parasites and Parasitic Diseases―XIII. Diseases of the Foot―XIV. Lameness and Bone Diseases―XV. Wounds and their Treatment―XVI. Bleeding: How to arrest Bleeding and how to Classify―XVII. Operations: Such as Castrating and Docking―XVIII. Blisters, Blistering, Firing, Setons, Setoning―XIX. Poisons and Antidotes―XX. Antiseptics and Disinfectants―XXI. Anaesthesia, Insensibility to Pain―XXII. Physicking, Purging Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Dogs, and Cats―XXIII. Diseases of Poultry―XXIV. Administration of Medicines―XXV. Medicines: A Comprehensive Series of Prescriptions―XXVI. Nursing and Foods for the Sick―XXVII. Methods of Control or Trammelling Animals―XXVIII. Vices, Tricks, and Bad Habits of the Horse.


THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BOILER CONSTRUCTION:

A Manual of Instruction and Useful Information for Practical Men.

By W. D. CRUICKSHANK, M. I. Mech. E., late Chief Engineering Surveyor, New South Wales Government. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with 70 illustrations. 8vo., cloth gilt, 15s. (postage 3d.)

The Times (Engineering Supplement): "Mr. Cruickshank has given a useful work to boiler designers and superintendents.…There is a 'handiness' in the arrangement of the subjects which enables the reader to locate any subject quickly."

Journal of the Marine Engineers' Association: "A practical treatise on the construction and management of steam boilers, and will be found of great value to practical engineers."

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