NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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Dr. Giee has been nominated by the New York County V. 
M. Association as the veterinary member of the Horseshoers 
Examining Board. 
u Dairy Bacteria ” is the title of an interesting article by 
Allen S. Heath, M. D., of Brooklyn, which is contributed to 
to the July Review. 
The members of the Veterinary Medical Association of 
New York County are much pleased with their apartments at 
the Academy of Medicine. 
Dr. A. H. Baker, of Chicago, has recently allowed himself 
the luxury of a marriage and purchase of a new and handsome 
residence. We wish the good doctor happiness. 
Dr. J. H. Honan has resigned his professorship at the Mc- 
Killip Veterinary College. He and his bride are now making 
a tour through England, Scotland and Germany. 
The Board of Hearth of St. Eouis is compelling the in¬ 
spection of dairies to improve the quality of the milk. They 
.are also manufacturing tuberculin to test the cattle. 
Missouri State Veterinarian. —Dr. F. E. White, of Se- 
dalia, has received the appointment of State Veterinarian, to 
succeed T. J. Turner, D.V.S., whose term recently expired. 
Geanders is quite common in some portions of New York 
City. The appropriation for glandered horses in the State 
of New York has run out, so that owners are no longer reim¬ 
bursed. 
On account of the open winter and the low price of horses, 
veterinary practice has been quite poor in the vicinity of New 
York. The spring months have been much better, with still 
better prospects for the summer. 
It is reported that Dr. R. G. Walker, of Chicago, is endeav¬ 
oring to organize a Chicago Veterinary Society. With a hun¬ 
dred veterinarians within the city limits there is certainly ample 
material for an active and bright association. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., has five graduated veterinarians em¬ 
ployed in her various departments—three in the Board of Health, 
one each in the Police and Fire Departments. Four are grad¬ 
uates of the American Veterinary College, the other an M.R. 
C.V.S. 
Untie matters can be changed, the country practitioner in 
New York State is debarred from the privilege of serving upon 
juries, while his brother in New York city and Brooklyn can 
