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INTERESTING PROFESSIONAL ITEMS. 
of the value of tuberculin as a diagnostic agent in the bovine 
species. 
Are the veterinarians of the United States and our vari¬ 
ous associations fullv alive to the*necessity of aiding the pas¬ 
sage of the present army bill now pending before Congress ? 
The Veterinary Medical Association of New Jersey con¬ 
sidered at its meeting on the 14th of December the subject 
of “ Tuberculosis,” and will recommend to the lawmakers of 
New Jersey the adoption of some definite plan for its exter¬ 
mination throughout the entire State. Which State will move 
next ? 
The editorial in the Comparative Veterinary Journal bear¬ 
ing upon the question of the various titles now extant in our 
country among veterinarians, is a warm endorsement of the 
adoption of the conclusions advocated by the Committee on 
Veterinary Education at our recent Veterinary Congress. 
It looks as if New Jersey would be the next State to take, 
active and efficient methods to eradicate tuberculosis from 
her herds—thanks to the agitation for many years of her 
always progressive veterinarians. With a union of the 
medical and veterinary forces, sustained by the warm support 
ol a number of her leading journals, the future is bright. 
If the two veterinary associations of New Jersey were 
united it would greatly strengthen the prospects of the suc¬ 
cessful agitation for better laws to govern tuberculosis among 
her cattle. Who will move first in the matter? 
What has become of that promising veterinary association 
in Alleghany County ? It was a grand local center for a 
strong organization. 
What has become of the Long Island Veterinary Society ? 
It did good work, it strengthened fraternal bonds. Why not 
try 7 it again fellow veterinarians ? 
The Columbian Engraving Company, in its magnificent 
work of art, gives space for a short biography of several 
leading veterinarians in its pages. Step by step, a justly de- 
