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Trusting that the above will cover the ground of your in¬ 
quiry, I remain, Yours very truly, 
Arthur O’Shea, 
Chairman Committee on Legislation , 
Vet. Med. Asso. New York County. 
THE EMBARGO ON FOREIGN CATTEE. 
The following correspondence explains itself : 
Baldwins, L. I., N. Y., June 12, 1896. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Inclosed please find a letter from Secretary of Agriculture 
Morton in reference to Swiss cattle. 
A previous letter of similar import in reference to French 
cattle was received from the Secretary. 
I purpose to ascertain whether healthy cattle from either of 
these countries, after having passed quarantine and tested with 
tuberculin, may not be imported through Belgium, Germany or 
Holland. Yours truly, 
A. S. Heath, M. D. V. S. 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
Office of the Secretary, 
Washington, D. C., June 5, 1896. 
Dr. A. S. Heath, 205 Patchen Ave., Brooklyn , N. Y: 
Sir :—Replying to your letter of the 3d inst., I regret that 
I am unable to certify that cattle from Switzerland can be 
brought into the United States without danger to the domestic 
animals of this country. Pleuro-pneumonia and foot-and- 
mouth disease are both prevalent in Switzerland, and it was 
principally to protect against these diseases that Congress 
enacted the prohibition. Very respectfully, 
J. Sterling Morton, 
Secretary. 
THE TREATMENT OF PARTURIENT APOPLEXY. 
Quincy, III., June 9, 1896. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
I was interested and pleased to notice in the May number, 
that Dr. Curtiss, of Marengo, Ill., and I had arrived separately 
at about the same conclusions in the treatment of parturient 
apoplexy. I had not used the fluid extract of calabar bean, 
but had used jaborandi, 3 ii, and spts. nitrous ether, 3 ii, in an 
eight ounce mixture. I have given one-half ounce on the 
tongue every half hour until half the mixture is given (the same 
