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complications, a more rapid recovery, leaves less scar and 
requires less care and attention in the treatment of the wound. 
This paper has been prepared more especially with reference 
to the treatment of wounds in the larger domestic animals, but 
the principles of antisepsis apply equally as well to the smaller 
animals, differing only in the special application. 
In conclusion, a most vital point is, that the surgeon should 
never lose sight of the fact that while a theory or principle is 
usually broad enough to cover all cases, no set rule can be 
successfully adopted, but that each and every case should be 
treated according to its special indication. 
Sanitary Advance: in New Jersey. —At the recent an¬ 
nual meeting of the New Jersey Sanitary Association at Lake- 
wood a Committee on Animal Diseases and Animal Food was 
established. Dr. William Herbert Lowe, of Paterson, President 
of the Veterinary Medical Association of New Jersey, was ap¬ 
pointed chairman. We are glad to note that the sanitarians of 
New Jersey recognize the importance of the application of veter¬ 
inary science in their work and its relation to the public health. 
Dr. D. E. Salmon, Washington, D. C., Chief of the Bureau of 
Animal Industry, is chairman of a similar committee of the 
American Public Health Association, and has just issued a val¬ 
uable report on the “ Relation of Bovine Tuberculosis to the 
Public Health.” 
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Veterinary Legislation in New Jersey. —The Com¬ 
mittee on Legislation of the Veterinary Medical Association of 
New Jersey met in Newark, Dec. 9th, with Dr. T. Earle Budd, 
Orange, Chairman ; Dr. T. E. Smith, Jersey City ; Dr. Henry 
Vander Roest, Newark, and Dr. Wm. Herbert Lowe, of Pater¬ 
son, present. Dr. Vander Roest was elected Secretary of the 
Committee. President Lowe submitted a draft of a bill en¬ 
titled “ An Act to establish a State Board of Veterinary Medical 
Examiners to regulate the practise of veterinary medicine and 
surgery in the State of New Jersey,” which was approved. 
The Committee will recommend the adoption of this bill at the 
forthcoming meeting of the Veterinary Medical Association of 
New Jersey at Trenton, January 9th, and its introduction in the 
legislature in January soon after the meeting of the State Associ¬ 
ation. The veterinarians of New Jersey are well organized, 
and the prospects of securing the desired legislation are good. 
