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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
In discussing laininitis, Dr. Ancker gave liis treatmerit in a 
recent case as follows:—Eiglit decigrammes pilocarpine in 
twenty-four hours in three doses; also salicylate of soda, 6o 
grams in 24 hours. In three days the animal was able to move 
around. 
In discussing the treatment of worms in the horse, Dr. Satt- 
ler recommended tlie following : 
Add. arseniosi alb., i.o 
Tartar stib., 20 o 
Pulv. aloes, aa 
Pulv. altha., 
M fiat pil. No. ii. Sig. Give one at once. Repeat in twelve hours 
Satti.er 
Dr. Sattler promised to prepare a paper on rheumatic endo¬ 
carditis at the next meeting. E. Bucklky, 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Colorado Horse-Shoers. —It is now a law in Colorado that 
horse-shoers shall pass an examination as to qualification. 
The Queen of England had eight cream-colored horses 
attached to her carriage of state on the occasion of the celebra¬ 
tion of her diamond jubilee in London. 
Dr. E. B. Ackerman, of Brooklyn, has leased the model 
sanitarium at 358 South Second Street, Brooklyn, from the es¬ 
tate of the late Lucian T. Bell, M. D., V. S. 
Dr. Wm. Herbert Lowe was rejected to the office of 
City Veterinary Surgeon of the City of Paterson, N. J., by the 
unanimous vote of the Board of Aldermen held May 24tb, 1897- 
Lawson N. Fuller, the veteran New York reinsman, drove 
eight trotting horses a mile in 3:18 1-4 on June 19th. As soon 
as he has handled them a little more he intends to attempt to 
beat 3:00 with them. 
Dr. J. B. Paige, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 
Amherst, Mass., has forwarded to the Review a copy of the 
March, 1895, issue, which Dr. L. D. Legear, of Austin, Texas, 
has been advertising for recently, with his compliments. 
Dr. Robert G. Walker, President of the Chicago Veter¬ 
inary Society, has an open letter to Governor Tanner in the 
Z?a2y I 7 iter- 0 cea 7 i of May 24th in reference to the latter’s ob¬ 
noxious appointment of a quack to the position of State Veter¬ 
inarian. 
The Virginia State Board of Veterinary Examiners 
