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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
States, many veterinarians have become discouraged and not a 
few are seeking to perfect themselves for human physicians. At 
the Keokuk Medical College, in Iowa, alone there are three former 
practitioners who expect to graduate in the class of ’98. They 
are Dr. D. C. Thomas, late of Iowa Falls, Iowa ; Dr. R. C. 
Blackburn, late of Hinckeley, Ill. ; and Dr. Robert Robb, late of 
Terre Haute, Ind. 
“ The Influence of Animal Experimentation upon 
Agriculture ” is the title of a pamphlet which is reprinted 
from the proceedings of the seventeenth meeting of the Society for 
the Promotion of Agricultural Science, held at Buffalo, N. Y., 
in August last, and the author is Veranus A. Moore, of the New 
York State Veterinary College, a gentleman well-known to the 
veterinary profession through his former connection with the 
Bureau of Animal Industry. We hope to be able to reprint the 
paper in the Review shortly. 
The Canadian-United States Quarantine Raws.— 
Sydney Fisher, of Ottawa, and Secretary Morton, after a full 
conference over the present cattle quarantine laws between the 
United States and Canada, have reached a general basis of agree¬ 
ment. The proper officers of each country will endeavor to 
frame mutually satisfactory regulations whereby the present long 
detention of cattle to be shipped from either country to the 
other will be avoided as far as consistent with safety. The 
regulations then will be presented to the respective heads of the 
United States and Canadian Departments of Agriculture for 
ratification. 
A Veterinarian with Paresis. —We much regtet to hear 
of the unfortunate illness of Dr. Robert Summers, of Flushing, 
B. I. ? who was removed to an asylum on January 8th, suffering 
from paresis. He was one of the earliest practitioners of veter¬ 
inary medicine on Long Island, having practiced in Flushing 
and vicinity for twenty-five years. He was born in Berne, 
Switzerland, in 1848, and graduated from the University of 
Berne in 1869. Dr. Summers was a man of genial personality 
and stern integrity, and his unfortunate malady, brought on by 
overwork, is a cause of much regret to his many friends. • He 
has a wife and three children. 
Illinois State Veterinary College. —At the late meet¬ 
ing of the Illinois State Horticultural Society held at Spring- 
field the question of veterinary science was taken up and after 
discussion the subject was referred to a committee consisting of 
