fHE VETERINARIAN AS A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER. 
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conditions that have their origin in the domestic animal or in the 
products of these animals, it seems self-evident that veterinarians 
should continue to act in the capacity of health officers, especially 
as meat and milk inspectors, and every well regulated board of 
health should have one or more veterinary members. 
A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ACTION OF 
CHINA BERRIES, LEAVES AND BLOOMS ON PIGS. 
By C. A. Cary, Auburn, Alabama. 
It is quite commonly accepted in the South that china ber¬ 
ries have an anthelmintic effect on animals and children. The 
negroes give china berries to their children for intestinal worms. 
Some of the farmers give them to stock, especially horses and 
mules, for the same purpose. It has also been reported that 
robins and some other birds which eat the berries become intoxi¬ 
cated and often fall to the ground from the tree and remain in¬ 
toxicated for sometime. These reports led me to make some 
tests. So far we have tested the action of china berries, leaves 
and blooms on pigs. The following are the results of the pre¬ 
liminary test: 
1. The berries, leaves and blooms all produce intoxication in 
Pigs. 
2. Somewhat prolonged feeding of the berries will produce 
distinct fatty degeneration of the kidneys and liver. 
There are other changes, but these are the most prominent. 
The annual banquet and ball of the Division of Veterinary 
Medicine of the Colorado State Agricultural College was held in 
Masonic Temple, Ft. Collins, Colo., June i, 1912. There were 
105 present. 
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York Women’s League for Animals, is a little monthly destined 
to do considerable toward making people kinder to animals. The 
subscription price is $1.00 a year and the publication office is No. 
26 West 40th Street, New York. The reading of this little book 
each month will do your soul good, and incidentally your dollar 
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