NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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Other thoughts that forced themselves upon the members as 
they sat in the beautiful, spacious dining hall, were the hospital¬ 
ity of the Indiana veterinarians, and their untiring efforts to 
make their guests feel comfortable and at home. Pleasant in¬ 
deed are the associations they carry with them to their homes, 
of their visit to the Hoosier state. 
In Dr. Mohler's Report on Diseases lie showed that foot 
and mouth disease is prevalent in Europe at the present time. 
Among other places it is in Ireland, where it has not been for 
29 years. Owing to the fact of its prevalence abroad and its 
ready communicability, Dr. Mohler recommends a sharp look¬ 
out against another visitation from it in this country. Dourine 
is spreading throughout the United States. 
Infectious abortion has made its appearance in nearly all 
parts of our country and is a great menace to the cattle raising 
interest—in that respect it is second in importance only to tuber¬ 
culosis. In regard to glanders the doctor stated that the com¬ 
bination of the complement fixation and agglutination tests is 
the most accurate laboratory method of diagnosing glanders at 
our command at the present time—98 per cent, of accuracy. 
The ophthalmic test for glanders is the official test of Austria. 
The test Solution is applied to the conjunctiva of one eye with 
a soft camel's hair brush, the other eye being used for a check. 
The reaction is prompt, and this test has been found to be su¬ 
perior to the subcutaneous injection of mallein. 
Malta fever, or slow typhoid, is found among the stock in 
Texas—has existed there in fact for 25 years. 
Speaking of tetanus, Dr. Mohler spoke of the dependable 
immunizing agent the veterinary profession has in tetanus anti¬ 
toxin, and expressed regret that it was not more generally taken 
advantage of in that capacity. The doctor stated that from 
experiments made as to the minimum dose that will render a 
subject immune, it has been determined that 500 units is suf¬ 
ficient. In cases where 400 and 250 units had been used, the 
animals developed symptoms, but subsecmently recovered, but- 
that 500 units, one-third of the auantitv now used, is sufficient 
to render an animal immune, if given within four days after in¬ 
fection, in the experimental cases. 
v Dr. Salmon's illustrated lecture on Uruguay on Mon¬ 
day evening, August 25th, at the Claypool Hotel was extremely 
interesting. After throwing upon the screen a map of the west¬ 
ern hemisphere, showing the relative location of Uruguay to the 
