Indiana’s new veterinary law. 
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the treatment of pneumonia in the horse and dog, also in the 
abdominal form of influenza, distemper and other forms of 
wasting diseases—also an account of the author’s experience 
with iodine used intravenously as a therapeutic agent in various 
diseases. 
This work, containing as it does the ripe experience of the 
author, who may be considered one of the foremost surgeons and 
clinicians of the day, contains a vast amount of exact scientific 
information of the utmost value to the busy workaday practi¬ 
tioner, while for the student of either human or comparative 
medicine, no better book could be placed in their hands, that 
will give them a clear insight into the many intricate problems 
with which they are daily confronted. 
The paper, printing and binding of the work are all that the 
most critical could desire, and reflects credit upon the efforts of 
the firm of W. R. Jenkins. W. J. M. 
INDIANA'S NEW VETERINARY LAW. 
The following bill (Engrossed Senate Bill No. 291) has 
become a law, and, while it is not all that could have been de¬ 
sired, the profession of the State feels that it is better than no 
law, and is a step in the right direction : 
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO DEFINE VETERINARY 
MEDICINE AND SURGERY, AND REGULATING THE PRACTICE 
OF VFTERINARY SURGERY OR ANY BRANCH THEREOF IN 
THE STATE OF INDIANA. 
i - 5 Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
State of Indiana , That the practice of veterinary medicine or 
surgery within the meaning of this act, shall be any act or op¬ 
eration, the prescribing or giving of medicine for the relief of 
diseases, injury or accident, for the correction of habit, defective 
act, deformity or vice, spaying, castration, obstetrics, and den¬ 
tistry upon any domestic animal. 
Sec. 2. The right to use the degree or title veterinarian, 
veterinary surgeon, doctor of veterinary medicine or surgery, 
doctor of comparative medicine, or any derivative thereof, shall 
be limited to graduates of reputable veterinary colleges. 
Sec. 3. Any person practicing veterinary medicine or sur¬ 
gery and having a degree from a reputable veterinary college, 
shall be exempt from jury duty and shall be entitled to expert 
