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INTERESTING PROFESSIONAL ITMES. 
the medicine was prescribed to be given twice a day for 
two weeks, to be reduced to six grammes once a day. Injec¬ 
tions of tincture of iodine into the tract were now and then 
made. After ten days of this treatment the tumor began to 
diminish, and after one month of treatment it had almost 
disappeared.— Ibid. 
INTERESTING PROFESSIONAL ITEMS, 
By N. N. S. 
It is with pleasure that we learn of the convalesence of 
Secretary Turner, of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association, from a severe attack of acute rheumatism, which 
dates its development from the time of the recent Veterinary 
Congress. 
Since the changes of affairs at Washington, there have 
been many changes in the corps of veterinarians connected 
with the Bureau of Animal Industry, and it is a sad comment 
that many of these have been made for political reasons only, 
as it will take many months for many of the new appointees 
to become as proficient in their work as their predecessors, 
aside from the danger that may result to our foreign trade in 
animal products. 
A few of the more prominent changes are as follows: The 
removal of Dr. W. B. E. Miller at the port of Philadelphia, 
and the appointment of Dr. E. H. Flood. The resignation 
of Dr. Wm. B. Werntz, and the appointment as his successor 
of Dr. Chas. SchaufEer. The removal of Dr. A. W. Clement, 
of Baltimore, Md., and the appointment of Dr. H. A. Hed¬ 
rick. The removal of the assistant Chief, Dr. C. B. Michener, 
and the discontinuance of that position. The removal of Dr. 
J. C. McNeil, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the appoint¬ 
ment of Dr. John Doris, Jr. The removal of Dr. John T. 
Claris, port of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and the appoint¬ 
ment of Dr. Nelson P. Hinkley as his successor. The removal 
of Dr. G. A. Johnson, of Sioux City, Iowa, and the appoint¬ 
ment of Dr. John Airth as his successor, 
