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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Chester Kirke, described by the Lewiston (Me.) Evening 
Journal as “something of a horse doctor,” was arrested and 
pleaded guilty on Nov. 7th, to the charge of forgery. He owed 
a board-bill of $24.50, and forged a hardware dealer’s name to a 
letter addressed to his landlady stating that on account of the 
doctor’s difficulty in collecting, the undersigned assumed re¬ 
sponsibility for his indebtedness, which the dealer promptly 
pronounced a forgery. 
The Alumni Association of the Chicago Veterinary Col¬ 
lege has passed the following resolution to be submitted to the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association at its next meet¬ 
ing : “ Resolved , That the graduates of those two-year veterinary 
schools that inaugurate a three-year course on or before October 
1, 1897, will be eligible to membership in the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association, unless otherwise barred by ex¬ 
isting rules of the association.” 
A New Discovery in Serum-Therapeutics. —Dr. Mar- 
moreck, of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, reports that equine ana¬ 
sarca has been found by him to be due to a variety of strepto¬ 
coccus. By the subcutaneous injection of the anti-streptococcus- 
serum, as it is used already in human erysipelas and puerperal 
fever of women, the germs are quickly destroyed, resolution es¬ 
tablished and all symptoms materially modified. Within a few 
days after injection, progressive diminution of the swelling sets 
in, followed by the disappearance of the petechise and lowering 
of temperature. The after-treatment simply consists of judicious 
feeding and the application of general tonics. 
Isn’t it Nauseating? —The following circular has come to 
our hands: “Wanted—[type two inches deep and a large cut 
of a well-proportioned horse]—We want every horseman to 
know that we make a specialty in the treatment of Chronic 
Lameness, and solicit all such cases as have been pronounced 
incurable by the Veterinary Profession. Ninety per cent, of 
such cases are instantly relieved. Strained Tendons, Knuckling, 
Navicular Disease, Chronic Laminitis, and Diseases of the 
Osseous Structure can be treated without taking the horse out 
of work. Our method is entirely new. Call and see us at our 
Infirmary, 114 E. Wilson St., Madison, Wis. Beattie & Beattie, 
Graduates of Ontario Veterinary College.” 
Prof. Schwarzkopf Injured. —We regret to learn that this 
widely-known veterinarian was so unfortunate as to be thrown 
from a cable car in Chicago in November, from which he sus- 
