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Veterinary Review, if possible. The bookbinder has all the 
numbers of Vol. I. except i, n, 12, which he would like to 
dispose of. Hoping you will be able to supply me with above 
numbers, I remain Respectfully, 
Wm. Dougherty, D.V.S., 
io 35 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Md. 
AS TO THE ILLEGALITY OF TAIL-DOCKING. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—Will you please state through your very in¬ 
teresting publication if there is any law upon the statute books 
of the State of New York against the operation of docking 
horses’ tails, and direct me to the specific act ? By so doing 
you will confer a great favor upon A Subscriber. 
Answer. —There is no specific law in New York State 
against the operation in question, but the American Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals undertakes to prosecute 
offenders under the general laws of cruelty to animals. They 
seldom, however, make an arrest, although the mutilation of 
horses by removing their beautiful tails is being practised upon 
an increasing scale, and, we are sorry to say, by many members 
of the veterinary profession who are highly esteemed. New 
Jersey and some of the Western States have specific laws against 
it. There are also higher laws than those enacted by man 
which cry loudly to the veterinarian to stop their barbarity to 
man’s faithful servant, whom we claim as our special charge. 
If the graduated veterinarian does not discountenance this mu¬ 
tilation, and lead the sentiment against it, to whom can the 
horse appeal?— Editor. 
mallein as a cure for glanders. 
Chicago, May 23, 1896. 
Editors American Vete} inary Review : 
Gentlemen : — As you are probably aware, the question of 
glanders in horses, and its diagnostic agent, mallein, has for 
some months past been a prominent subject of study and discus¬ 
sion in scientific and veterinary circles in France. At recent 
meetings of the Societe Centrale de Medecine Veterinaire 
(France), Dr. Nocard has presented the results of his experi¬ 
ments with mallein as a curative of glanders, the experiments 
having been carried out in conjunction with Dr. Roux, of the 
