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viSED, A comprehensive bill to regulate commerce in, and importa- 

 tion of, viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in 

 the treatment of domes. animals has been introduced into Congr. by 

 Repr. Steele of Iowa. If enacted in its present form, domes. animals 

 will have better legal protection against danger from the class of 

 remedies named than will human beings, unless in the meantime 

 there should be similar legislation for the protection of the humans. 

 The execution and enforcement of the law will be under direction of 

 the Sec'y of Agric. Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 1916, Ixvi, p. 967. 



The U. S. Supr. Court's decision, upholding the constitutionality 

 of the Food-and-Drugs Act, brings to mind the fact that all biol. 

 products, such as serums, vaccines, and similar therapeutic agents 

 intended for veterinary use, can be manufac, only in establishments 

 having a license from the Bur. of Animal Ind. This license is good 

 for one yr. and is issued only to establishments, which, on inspection, 

 are seen to be fit, from the san. point of view, for the manufac. of 

 material for which a license is asked. The Pathol. Div. of the Bur. 

 of Animal Ind. examines the various products to ascertain whether 

 the Claims made are correct; their decision is final. This is a recent 

 law and was enacted at the urgent request of many stockmen, who 

 suffered severely from the worthless preparations sold to them. 

 Sometimes worthless antitoxic serums were sold by houses of great 



reputation. As an instance, the firm of sold a serum for 



the treatment of anthrax in horses, which was worthless. Not a 

 Word of protest from this firm was heard when the Bureau revoked 

 the firm's license for making anthrax serum. The other products 

 marketed by this firm are good. 



Pharm ACEUTiCAL. New Seh. of Pharm. The Univ. of 111. 

 has purchased, for its Seh. of Pharm., a new site located at Wood 

 and Flournoy St's, Chicago, immediately opposite the new Cook Co. 

 Hosp., and affording a frontage of 201 ft. on Wood St. and 128 ft. 

 on Flournoy St. The purchase includes two substantial brick b'ld's 

 erected for the Chicago Homeopathic Med. Coli, and Hosp. some 

 years ago. These b'ld's will be remodeled. It is expected that the 

 Seh. will remove to its new quarters immediately after the close of 

 the present academic yr. The new location is in the great med. 

 center of Chicago and only a short distance from the med. and dent. 



