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820 CORRESPONDENCE. 
CORRESPONDENCE, 
PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY 
MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 
Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1896. 
Editor American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sir. —The State Board of Veterinary Medical Exam¬ 
iners of Pennsylvania wishes to announce that the second stated 
meeting for conducting an examinination for applicants will be 
held at 3452 Ludlow Street, Philadelphia, on the third Monday 
in April next. 
The Board would suggest to the applicant to notice the list 
of subjects mfentioned in section 6 of the Act concerning the ex¬ 
amination, and, if possible, to notify them previously of his in¬ 
tention to pass the examination. 
W. H. Hoskins, Secretary . 
3452 Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
S. J. J. Harger, President , 205 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
AS TO THE USE OF TETANUS ANTITOXIN. 
New York, Feb. 5, 1896, 
Editor A merican Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sir. —I read in the last issue of your valued and most 
interesting REVIEW the report of a case of tetanus cured with 
the antitoxin made at the New York Pasteur Institute, said case 
having been treated and reported by J. S. Lamkin, D.V.S., 
Yonkers, N. Y. Dr. Lamkin says in this article that he came to 
the Institute and asked whether a dose of dry antitoxin which 
had been diluted two days previous could be safely used, and 
that he received the answer that he could make use of same with¬ 
out any danger. He used this stale dilution and it caused a large 
swelling in the neck of the horse, which had not disappeared a 
week later. Upon investigation I find that the assistant to whom 
Dr. Lamkin applied for information replied that the preparation 
could be safely used the same day it was diluted if it was kept 
“ in a cool and dark place,” but that no such advice was given 
as to lead him to inject a solution made two days before time of 
use. It is quite likely there was some mistake, and that the 
Doctor did not fully understand what was told to him. The cir¬ 
culars and directions which we send out with the antitoxin are 
such that they should eliminate all chance of injecting such a 
stale solution. Dr. Lamkin states that the previous injections 
