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able in Wyoming. liis was one of the first and earliest of the 
veterinarian appointments of the West, and he has exhibited qual¬ 
ities of peculiar fitness for his work such as it is the good fortune 
of but few to possess. He has worked hard, early and late, and 
has spared himself in nothing in order to meet his responsibilities 
and prove his faithfulness, and he has succeeded, to the satisfac¬ 
tion of those who not only appointed, but reappointed him, to 
his post of honor, and who even emphasized their satisfaction and 
appreciation of his services by awarding him a salary far above 
that which any other man in the same position has ever received. 
We regret for Wyoming the loss she will sustain in Dr. Hop¬ 
kins’ retirement, and we proffer the suggestion that the best, if 
not the only way in which the services of a successor who shall 
adequately meet the exigency of the case may be secured, will be 
to seek, through a properly organized competitive examination, 
for an accomplished and fully equipped scientist who will com¬ 
bine the cognate acquirements of an accomplished veterinarian 
with those of a thorough sanitarian. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
CHICKEN CHOLERA. 
By Prof. E. Semmkr, Dorpat, Russia. 
Translated specially for the American Veterinary Review from Encyklo'piedie 
d. aes. Thierheilkunde. 
Syn. —German.—-Iluehnercholera, Huehnerpest. French — 
Cholera des poules, Maladie Epizootique des Animaux de basse- 
cou r. 
Chicken cholera is an epizootic disease, which chiefly affects 
chickens, spreads periodically over Asia and Europe, creating 
heavy losses among fowl. The disease, which manifests itself 
by vomiting, diarrhoea, anorexia, increased thirst, rapid emaciation, 
apathy and death with convulsions, was freopiently confounded in 
former centuries with epizootic croupous pharyngitis and enteritis, 
anthrax, intestinal catarrh and other poultry diseases. The 
