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Y. C. V. M. A. He also sells patent medicines, both charges 
being contrary to the code of ethics. 
What has become of the Judiciary Committee of the V.M.A. 
of N. Y. County ? Why don’t they prosecute ? Are they doing 
their duty ? Members of the society, why don’t you take them 
to account for the non-performance of duty ? 
Prof. W. E. Williams, late of Bozeman, Mont., writes 
from his new quarters in Ithaca, N. Y., that he is well satisfied 
with his change of location, and he feels that at Cornell Uni¬ 
versity he has at last found the very field of work suitable to 
him. 
Dr. S. K. Johnson has been expelled from the County 
Society, on account of failing to sever his connection with a live 
stock insurance company, after several months’ notice. Dr. 
Johnson is veterinarian to the company which treats horses free 
of charge. 
Prof. A. UiauTARd is back in his place at the American 
Veterinary College. During his trip abroad he obtained some 
new and beautiful slides of anatomical plates which when thrown 
on the canvas make anatomy comparatively simple for the stu¬ 
dent and aids him materially in dissecting. 
Prof. Uiautard, who returned from Europe the latter part 
of September and resumed his important functions at the 
American Veterinary College with his old-time enthusiasm, is 
in excellent health, and appears to have discovered during his 
sojourn in sunny France the secret of perpetual youth. 
The next regular meeting of the Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion of New York County will be held at the Academy of Medi¬ 
cine, 17 to 21 West 43d Street, near 5th Avenue, Wednesday, 
Nov. 4th, at 8 p. m. Veterinarians in counties adjacent to New 
York County are welcome to be present and join the Society. 
Answer to a Correspondent (H. H. M., Massachusetts.) 
—While the Review solicits contributions from all legitimate 
members of the veterinary profession, the editors reserve the 
right to reject any which they are convinced are without merit. 
The communication in question is neither original, remarkable, 
nor interesting. 
Bovine Tuberculosis in New York City.— The board of 
health is making a thorough inspection of all milch cows kept 
within the city limits in order to exterminate tuberculosis. Of 
three hundred and eight animals which have been examined by 
