NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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Dr. George H. Baieey on Tuberculosis. —We learn 
through the Portland (Me.) Daily Press that at the sixteenth 
meeting of the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science, held 
in that city on Feb. 8, a large number were present, including 
a delegation from the State legislature, who had come to listen 
to a paper on “ Tuberculosis,” by Dr. George H. Bailey, of the 
State Board of Cattle Commissioners, and to consider the im¬ 
portance of taking vigorous legislative action to prevent the 
spread of the disease throughout the commonwealth. The paper 
was enthusiastically received, much valuable discussion followed, 
and a deep impression was made upon the legislators and others. 
The Review hopes to be able to print the paper in the April 
issue. 
The Celebrated Kneebs Case has been finally settled. 
The American trainer was arrested in Germany and sentenced 
to a term in prison and to pay a heavy fine for ringing a mare 
named Bethel under the name of Nellie Kneebs. He appealed, 
claiming that the Bethel mare was in America, and a celebrated 
veterinarian was sent to this country to determine the identity 
of the American horse. His report was adverse to Kneebs, and 
the court ordered that he fulfill the sentence. The veterinarian 
contended that the age of the American mare claimed to be 
Bethel did not agree with the age that Bethel should be, and 
took with him to Europe a plaster cast of the teeth, which ex¬ 
pert veterinarians called in rebuttal swore was not a reliable test. 
The Proposed Illinois State Veterinary College.—* 
In our February issue we printed resolutions of the Illinois State 
Horticultural Society advocating the establishment of a State 
Veterinary College in connection with the University of Illinois. 
As showing the interest taken in the subject we print from the 
Breeders ’ Gazette a like resolution by the State Board of Live 
Stock Commissioners: “Whereas, We, the undersigned, 
members of the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners, recog¬ 
nize the value of veterinary knowledge and desire that every 
possible facility should be provided in this State for its thor¬ 
ough teaching in the most practical and scientific manner pos¬ 
sible ; therefore, Resolved , That we heartily indorse the proposi¬ 
tion to the effect that a thoroughly-equipped veterinary school 
be established in connection with the University of Illinois, and 
that the Legislature will further the best interests of the agri¬ 
cultural and live-stock industries of the State by making the 
necessary appropriation and enacting such measures as "shall 
lead to the establishment of the desired institution.” 
