Manual of veterinary microbiology / by Professors Mosselman and Liénaux ; translated and edited by R.R. Dinwiddie.

  • Mosselman, Gustave.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Manual of veterinary microbiology / by Professors Mosselman and Liénaux ; translated and edited by R.R. Dinwiddie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. In undertaking the translation of MM. Mosselman and Lienaux's Manuel de Microbioloyie Veterinaire, . my object has been to supply English speaking veteri- nary students and practitioners with a work on Bac- teriology which seemed specially adapted to their needs. The book is small, but it conveys more in- formation on the etiology of the infectious diseases of animals and the biology of the germs associated with them than any other single work in our lan- guage. Unlike other works on Bacteriology accessi- ble to readers of English only, the Microbiology of animal diseases is treated of as the essential part of the work, that of diseases of mankind only incident- ally referred to. The completeness and accuracy as to details with which it discusses the modes of prop- agation of some of our most important diseases and the general conditions under which these diseases occur, ought to recommend the book to practical veterinarians, who are presumably more interested in the ascertained facts in regard to any disease than in the individuality of the germ which occasions it. The book is not intended for a laboratory manual, consequently, the technique of staining and cultiva- (iii)