NEWS AND ITEMS. 963 
He is believed to be the oldest practitioner of medicine in the 
world. 
The following figures are from the last census: Iowa 
stands at the head of horse-breeding States, with 1,401,427 
horses; Illinois second, with 1,344,784, and Texas third, with 
1,266,000. 
Dr. J. W. Connoway, of the Experiment Station at Colum¬ 
bia, Mo., spent some time during the month of December in 
Texas, introducing to that State a number of pure-bred cattle, 
which had been rendered immune to Texas fever. 
Dr. A. J. Sheldon, of Boston, Mass., who has been in ac¬ 
tive practice there for a number of years, and at the same time 
lecturing at the Veterinary Department of Harvard University, 
has abandoned veterinary medicine for business pursuits. 
Dr. Charles H. Jewell (N. Y. S. V. C., 1900), formerly 
of Dunkirk, N. Y., took the civil service examination for meat 
inspector under the Bureau of Animal Industry on Oct. 22, and 
received an appointment Dec. 24, being assigned to duty at 
Kansas City. 
Dr. Albert Long, an inspector in the B. A. I. service, has 
been transferred from Kansas City to Boston. During the doc¬ 
tor’s three years’ stay in Kansas City, he has made many lasting 
friendships, and will be greatly missed by a wide circle of 
friends. 
Dr. W. G. Hollingworth, of Utica, N. Y., has just com¬ 
pleted a very fine operating room, making this addition to his 
already fully equipped hospital, also enlarging the canine and 
feline department. Dr. W. A. Young, A. V. C., is house sur¬ 
geon. The hospital is located at 229 Jefferson Avenue. 
Dr. Geo. R. White (Columbian University, ’97), and Dr. 
Joseph Plaskett (McGill University,. ’92), have formed a 
partnership under the firm name of White and Plaskett. They 
have just completed the erection of the Nashville Veterinary 
Hospital, 24 Bridge Avenue, which is probably the largest as 
well as the best equipped Veterinary Hospital in the South. 
Dr. White continues to serve as City Veterinarian of Nashville. 
Dr. Victor A. Norgaard has resigned his position as 
chief of the Department of Animal Pathology, in the Bureau of 
Animal Industry, and has been succeeded by Dr. Jno. R. Moh- 
ler. While Dr. Moliler is a young man, his rapid rise in the 
Department of Agriculture has doubtless been the reward of 
merit, as he has proven a most capable and earnest worker in 
whatever position he has been assigned. 
