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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
dentally he gave a glowing account of his visit to the late meeting 
of the U.S.V.M.A. at Buffalo, and the efforts put forth to have 
the next meeting of the Association at Nashville, Tenn., claim¬ 
ing that this invasion of the Southern country by such a repre¬ 
sentative body of veterinarians would be of incalculable benefit 
to the cause of veterinary medicine below Mason and Dixon’s 
Line. 
Attendance at Western Colleges. —Reports indicate 
that the attendance of students at the Western veterinary col¬ 
leges is very slight this year. This, however, appears to be 
equally the case with most of the medical and dental colleges, 
while it is a significant fact that all the educational depart¬ 
ments of the large Western universities, notably those of en¬ 
gineering, are filled to overflowing with students. But this 
stagnation in professional colleges is natural enough if one con¬ 
siders the wild manner in which, most of these colleges have 
been turning out their graduates during the last decade. 
A Book on Poisonous Plants. —The Department of Ag¬ 
riculture at Washington is shortly to issue a large illustrated 
report on poisonous plants, and is making at present original 
analyses and tests of supposed poisonous plants with a view 
to accounting for the many mysterious deaths among domestic 
animals reported every summer from different sections of the 
United States. The study of poisonous plants and roots really 
belongs to hygiene, but as our American text-books on this 
subject contain only meagre reports, if any, the rural veteri¬ 
nary practitioner will heartily welcome such an authentic 
treatise. 
High Praise from High Authority —A cultured vet¬ 
erinarian, whose good opinion the Review is very jealous of, 
gave expression to the following comment in a recent letter, 
and although the letter was private, we take the liberty of repro¬ 
ducing it for the good it may do : “ The Review’s write up of 
the Buffalo Meeting was very complete, and must certainly prove 
highly pleasing and instructive to its readers. Such journal¬ 
istic enterprise and ability cannot but add greatly to the popu¬ 
larity and growth of the Review, and this report especially 
will greatly strengthen our Association. It certainly gave those 
members who did not attend a good idea of what they missed, 
and was so much enjoyed by all who were present. This 
report should bring you many letters of praise and congratula¬ 
tion.” 
