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cieties and associations, served on the Comitia Minora, and 
many other important committees of the U. S. Veterinary 
Medical Association, and was president of the New York 
State Vet. Med. Society at one time. As an association 
member, probably no one was more energetic, more zealous, 
01 worked harder for the elevation and general interest of 
our profession than he, and his genial disposition, his honor¬ 
able and fearless conduct, his thorough knowledge of all mat¬ 
ters pertaining to his profession, and his fluency of speech in 
debate, made him one of the best known and most respected 
veterinarians in the country. 
He died at the residence of his father, No. 549 Dean St., 
Brooklyn, on Thursday, Sept. 24, after a lingering illness, and 
only 39 years of age. The interment took place in the family 
plot in Greenwood Cemetery, on Sunday morning, attended 
by none but the family and a few professional friends. Pro¬ 
fessors Liautard, Robertson and Coates of the American Vet¬ 
erinary College, and Drs. Rose of New York, McKee of 
Staten Island, and Berns of Brooklyn, acting as pall bearers, 
and Dr. Chas. Burden of New York officiating as chaplain. 
JOHN DUANE, JR. 
John Duane, Jr., D.V.S., died in the early part of October, 
in New York City. Graduated at the American Veterinary 
College (Class 1881), he practiced his profession but a short 
time and then entered politics. He served for several years 
as chief clerk in one of the judicial courts of his native city. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
La Salle, III., Oct. 15, 1895. 
To “ Exchange" 141 W. 54 th St., New York City: 
In the September American Veterinary Review is 
your advertisement desiring to exchange practice with some 
one. I would like to know where the station is, how much 
outside practice there is each year—are you allowed anything 
besides quarters, light and fuel, etc., etc., in fact everything 
minntely in regard to the situation. Have you the authority 
