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was appointed the chief inspector for Long Island, continuing 
with the Bureau until the Harrison administration. He was 
appointed veterinarian to the Brooklyn Board of Health in 
1885 and held that position until 1893. During all this time he 
enjoyed a large and select practice and had erected a model 
sanitarium at 358 South Second Street, Brooklyn, E. D. In 
the early days of his career he took much interest in the small 
veterinary medical associations which struggled for an existence, 
having been a member of the U. S. V. M. A., the New York 
State, and others, but latterly they failed to attract him. Most 
of his energies outside of his practice were thrown into the 
Masonic fraternity, he having been a 32d degree member of that 
order, and prominent in various capacities. He was also a 
member of the Kings County Medical Society. He leaves a 
widow and four small children. 
He was a brother of Roscoe R. Bell, D. V. S., one of the edi¬ 
tors of the Review. 
John Doris, Jr., D. V. S., a graduate of the Ohio Veteri¬ 
nary College, class of ’92, and a practitioner of Pittsburgh, Pa., 
died on March 5, of pleurisy. He was for three years inspector 
for the Bureau of Animal Industry, stationed at Pittsburgh, and 
was a member of the Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical 
Association. - 
Daniee Waesh, one of the oldest non-graduated veterina¬ 
rians of Philadelphia, died on March ist. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. Wilfred Eeeeman, of New York City, was married to 
Miss Gertrude Runge, of Stettin, Germany, on January 30. 
Dumb Rabies has been quite prevalent in some parts of 
Brooklyn. Dr. Bell had six cases in his practice within two 
weeks. 
Prof. M. C. Baker, of Magill University, Montreal, has 
been quite ill with pneumonia, but is, we are glad to learn, con¬ 
valescing. 
Prof. Leonard Pearson has, we understand, withdrawn 
as one of the editors and publishers of the Veterinary Magazine 
of Philadelphia. 
A Milking Male-Goat. —A breeder in Saxony possesses a 
male-goat which gives so much milk that he has to be milked 
three times a day. 
