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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
nature of the solution of the bi-chloride of mercury; but the 
latter is less expensive, and under proper supervision there should 
be no special danger in using it. After its use, feeding-troughs, 
etc., should be thoroughly scrubbed with hot water to remove all 
traces of the poisonous salt. The application of a lime wash to 
all surfaces after complete disinfection, will be desirable. 
Stables occupied by infected or suspected horses should be 
disinfected daily by washing exposed surfaces with a 5 per cent, 
solution of carbolic acid, and nose-bags, halters, buckets used for 
drinking-water, etc., should be carefully washed with the same so¬ 
lution or with boiling w T ater. 
In view of the reliability of known measures of disinfection, 
when properly executed, I do not consider it necessary or justifi¬ 
able to destroy Government property of value which has become 
infected by contact with animals suffering from glanders. 
I do not doubt the propriety of killing animals suffering from 
glanders or farcy as soon as the nature of the disease is recog¬ 
nized. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
Geo. M. Sternberg, 
Major and Surgeon , U. S. Army. 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
AN ACT to Regulate the Practice of Veterinary Medicine 
and Surgery in Pennsylvania. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , in Grand 
Assembly met , and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
same, That every person who shall assume, or use, or cause to be 
used, any title pretaining to the practice of veterinary medicine 
or surgery or any of the branches of veterinary medicine or 
surgery, shall be a graduate of a legally-chartered veterinary 
college or university, having the power or authority to confer 
the degree of veterinary surgeon or analogous title; except as 
