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EDITORIAL. 
to be introduced in Congress, it having been favorably reported 
to the Senate in May last. Dr. C. W. Dabney, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary of Agriculture, has addressed a long letter to Hon. 
James McMillan, Chairman of the Committee on the District of 
Columbia, to which the bill has been referred. The exceptions 
taken by the Doctor are well to the point. They answer and 
expose the dangers of the passage of the bill and point out how 
the work of all scientists, of sanitarians, of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry, would be prevented, if such legislation were put in 
force. Upon other pages of this number of the Review will be 
found the bill and the letter of Dr. Dabney in full. 
The Thermo-Cautery. —The days of old-fashioned cauter¬ 
ization are certainly gone from veterinary practice, and the old 
firing-iron and the forge are no longer used by veterinarians. 
The thermo-cautery has taken rank among the indispensable in¬ 
struments of the veterinary arsenal. Paquelin’s was first used 
in its original form, somewhat modified for veterinary purposes. 
Gradually many improvements and alterations have been intro¬ 
duced, and we have called attention to them as they were pre¬ 
sented. To-day we call the attention of our colleagues to that 
one manufactured by Mr. F. Drumm, of 43 Park Street, New 
York. It is alight and very handy instrument, with which we 
have obtained very good results. 
Tuberculin and Mallein Tests. —These tests have now 
entered into almost daily practice in the life of a veterinarian, 
and our professional journals contain a number of advertise¬ 
ments offering practitioners more or less advantages for the pur¬ 
chase, not only of the tuberculin and mallein, but also the in¬ 
struments necessary in applying the tests. The Oakland Chem¬ 
ical Company, the Pasteur Institute of New York, the Pasteur 
Vaccine Company of Chicago, are good places to obtain the 
necessary ingredients for applying these important diagnostic 
agents. 
