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EDITORIAL. 
number of German practitioners. We refer to Eseridine, a new 
alkaloid resembling physostigmine, and which like that substance 
seems to possess valuable properties as a purgative, or as a stimu¬ 
lant of the spine. The dose for horses is one gramme or less, 
and to cattle two grammes in solution. We are now experiment¬ 
ing with it, and will keep our readers duly informed of the re¬ 
sults we may reach. From the reports which have come under 
our notice, it would appear to possess properties more valuable 
than those of eserine, with which all practitioners are familiar 
who have witnessed its good effects in obstinate constipation. 
The Review Prize. —We have one word more to say about 
the next Review prize. The verdict of the committee appointed 
last year to decide on the competition of the papers presented, 
has been confirmed and consummated by the delivery of the prize. 
The same committee has been reappointed for the coming year, 
since a better selection could scarcely be hoped for, and all things 
excepting the competing authors are, therefore, now ready. 
While the judges are waiting and the prize is anxious to reach 
the hands of the victor, will the contestants hold back? It is a 
matter of some importance, not, indeed, because of the value of 
the prize, for that is small enough, but for the honor of the thing, 
and the good that the winner may do,^ not alone to himself 
personally, but to his brethren and «the profession in general. 
The papers ought to be sent in early, to facilitate their publica¬ 
tion. 
Regulation of the Practice of Veterinary Medicine and 
Surgery in Pennsylvania. —We reprint the entire bill which is 
to be presented before the Legislature of the Keystone State, for 
the protection of the rights of the veterinary profession in that 
Commonwealth. It is, however, little more than a rearrangement 
and modification of a bill which had been presented in a previous 
year, the alterations and improvements being of such a character 
as would be likely to meet the approval and command the assent 
of all interested parties. Endorsed, as it is, by the State and the 
Keystone Veterinary Medical Association, and having besides the 
support of many of the largest live stock owners and breeders 
of the State, it is safe to assume that the bill will become a law. 
