NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
W. H. Gilbert, V.S., of Leesburg, Ohio, sends the Review 
a long article stating that he has by hard study and much experi¬ 
ment discovered a sure cure for parturient apoplexy. His article 
describes nothing that is not already known, and as his remedy 
is withheld, we also withhold the publication of his paper as 
being of no value except to announce his discovery. He prom¬ 
ises to divulge his remedy during the present year, and we 
will then be pleased to accord him all the space he may require. 
If it is all that he claims for it his name will be unforgotten at this 
date in the next century. 
Census of Brooklyn Horses.— The police force of Brook¬ 
lyn has just completed a census of the horses and stables of that 
city, for the information of the veterinary department of the 
Board of Health. According to their figures there are 7,948 
public and private stables and 31,580 horses, having 11,626 
owners. The locations of the stables and the names of the 
owners will be made a matter of record in the health department, 
and will form the basis of a system of inspection to be made 
hereafter by the Health Office veterinarians. So far as is known, 
Brooklyn and Paris are the only cities having such an enumera¬ 
tion. Previous to the invasion of the trolley there were about 
12,000 horses used upon the street railroads, and their sub¬ 
stitution has considerably decreased the equine population of the 
City of Churches. 
SlDE-LlNES. —Almost every veterinary surgeon needs among 
his paraphernalia reliable side-lines for casting horses for various 
operations, especially for castration. Where to obtain them 
properly constructed has been somewhat embarrassing to many, 
and therefore we take pleasure in referring our readers to the 
advertisement of R. W. Elder, 121 West Penn Street, German¬ 
town, Pa., who will send them anywhere on receipt of a very 
moderate price. We cheerfully recommend him and his article. 
Veterinary Hypodermic Tablets. —Attention is called 
to the fact that the Buntin Drug Co., of Terre Haute, Ind., who 
have for a number of years made a specialty of supplying hypo¬ 
dermic tablets of the most popular alkaloids and other concen¬ 
trated medicines used by veterinarians, have just issued a new 
and revised price-list of their goods, which they will be glad to 
