NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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. Antipyrine in the Treatment of Conjunctivitis.— 
It is freely used by oculists at home and abroad 5 is indicated in 
the treatment of the various forms of conjunctivitis ; is applied 
with swabs or camel’s hair brushes in solution of 10 per cent. It 
gives lise to a little burning sensation, which soon subsides. 
Improved Roentgen Process.—A dispatch from Berlin 
dated May 28 says that the General Klectrical Society announce 
that an improvement has been made in the Roentgen process, 
and enables the interior of the head, the larynx and the action 
of the lungs and heart to be observed on a fluorescent screen. 
The statement has not, however, been well authenticated. 
Easy “Honors.” —A two-line advertisement appeared in 
the. July Review to the effect that veterinary surgeons who 
desired to legally affix u M.D.” to their names should address 
Medico, 1001 Congress Street, Chicago. The advertisement 
passed through the business department and was inserted with¬ 
out the knowledge of the editors. We have since investigated 
the offer of the advertiser, and are convinced that there is 110 
merit in it, and accordingly advise veterinarians to have nothing 
to do with it. & 
Ieeegae Practicing.— The Judiciary Committee of the 
Veterinary Medical Association of New York County has been 
promising for a year to prosecute illegal practitioners of veter¬ 
inary medicine in that county. Has anything been done ? 
Raws made should be enforced. Veterinarians will do well to 
send the names and addresses of those practicing without legal 
right to Dr. A. O’Shea, chairman of that committee, 117 W. 46th 
Street, New York City. Have examples made of a few and the 
others will be apt to stop. 
Suicide of a Horse. —A Superior, Wis., dispatch of May 
30th reads : Hundreds of employees in the yards of the Ameri¬ 
can Steel Barge Company witnessed a singular occurrence. A 
bony, played-out old bay horse walked into the shallow water 
111 the slip known as Howard’s Pocket and slowly moved farther 
out into the deeper water, unmindful of the shouts and missiles 
of the spectators on shore. When in about three feet of water, 
the poor animal cast one wistful look around, then deliberately 
put its head under water and held it there ; after this, the owner, 
a pedler, appeared upon the scene and almost committed suicide 
himself when he learned of the astonishing deed of his four- 
footed servant. The horse, it is said, had been poorly fed and 
overworked. 
