NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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Drs. W. H. Hoskins and R. S. Huidekoper have formed a 
practice co-partnership with headquarters at 3452 Ludlow Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dr. W. A. Savage, graduate of Chicago Veterinary College, 
class ’95, spent several months relieving inspectors at western 
stations, during their vacations. 
Dr. Robert Jay, who was with the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry at Kansas City during part of the year, was assigned to 
Chicago. Dr. Jay was formerly from Davenport, Iowa. 
DR* Tait Butter, recently State Veterinarian of Kansas, 
has accepted a similar position in North Carolina and will or¬ 
ganize a veterinary department to the State University. His 
headquarters will be at Raleigh. 
Dr. H. G. Moore, graduate of Veterinary Department of 
Iowa State College, who was in charge of the microscopic 
work of B. A. I. at Kansas City, has been transferred to Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
Dr. W. H. McKinney, inspector B. A. I., graduate of Chi¬ 
cago Veterinary College, class ’88, was assigned to duty at Kan¬ 
sas City, after serving over one year at Chicago in the capacity 
of meat inspector. Dr. McKinney is a member of Chicago Vet¬ 
erinary Association, and a good industrious inspector. 
Circular No. 35, Bureau of Animal Industry, just issued, 
treats of roundworms in sheep, goats, and cattle, and outlines 
treatment for their destruction by various drugs in drenches. 
Dr. Ch. Wardell Stiles, the zoologist of the bureau, is the 
author. 
Tuberculosis in a Snake. —The daily press of August 14 
gave an account of the putting to death by chloroform in the 
Academy of Sciences, Lincoln Park, Chicago, of a large African 
boa constrictor, which had been sick for two years, and which 
had not tasted food for three months. At the post-mortem 
tuberculosis of the bronchial glands, lungs and liver was found. 
Some practical points for veterinarians are contained in the 
article on“ Electrocution in Horses ” contained in this number. 
In the cities so many accidents occur to horses through the elec¬ 
tric currents used in propelling street cars that veterinarians 
should be posted upon the effects of electricity both in the sub¬ 
ject and in the cadaver. 
Dr. W. W. Worcester, of the class of 1900, Veterinary De¬ 
partment of the Ohio State University, who has been with the 
Bureau of Animal Industry at Chicago,-Ill., during the past 
year, has been transferred to Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a 
