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8. WHITBECK. 
of Dr. F. Osgood, M.R.C.V.S., late of Springfield, Mass., 
to the chair of operative surgery. We have before alluded 
to the connection of Dr. Osgood with Harvard Univer¬ 
sity, and his appointment to so important a professorship 
confirms our appreciation of his fitness for such a profes¬ 
sional distinction. It will be a good thing for Harvard. 
Prof. Osgood takes with him his late assistant, Dr. Lebaw, 
formerly house surgeon to the American Veterinary Hospi¬ 
tal, and a graduate of the American Veterinary College. Dr. 
Lebaw is said to be urged to a course of special anatomical 
work, in view of a chance to fill a vacant demonstratorship. 
There are also rumors that two other veterinarians of 
Boston and its vicinity are likely to be connected with the 
reorganized faculty. Both of these are also graduates of the 
American Veterinary College. Well, we will also say that 
this is a good thing for the American Veterinary College. 
The Peoria Actinomycosis Trial.— We have re 
ceived a long and interesting critique of the report of our_ 
associate, Dr. W. L. Williams, written by another of our 
assistant editors, Dr. O. Schwartzkopff. The crowded con¬ 
dition of the present number compels us to defer its publica¬ 
tion until our next. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
A STUDY OF THE MICROBES OF PUS, 
By S. Whitbeck. 
(A Paper read before the Iowa State Veterinary Medical Association.) 
HISTORICAL. 
Senn, in his work on Bacteriology says, and truly, “ Surgi¬ 
cal pathology has become almost synonymous with surgical 
bacteriology.” Pathology cannot be well studied without a 
knowledge of pathogenic micro-organisms. Nor can a medi¬ 
cal man become a successful practitioner until he acquaints 
himself with this new science. Although it is true that some 
