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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
notice of the Central Veterinary Medical Society of England 
that a wholesale drug firm was offering to supply veterinary 
surgeons’ clients at the same price they were charging members 
of the profession, the Society adopted and transmitted to the 
druggists a resolution expressing their regret at observing such 
a price-list in the hands of horse dealers and private owners, 
showing that it was prejudicial to the interests of the profession. 
For the Position of Assistant in Obstetrics, A. V. 
C.—We are requested to make the following announcement ; 
“ By direction of the Board of Trustees, the Board of the Faculty 
of the American Veterinary College will hold a competitive ex¬ 
amination during the last week of September for the position of 
assistant to the Chair of Obstetrics, the examination to consist 
in a written composition and the delivery of a didactic lecture 
of half an hour on subjects related to that department. For in¬ 
formation address the Dean, 139 and 141 West Fifty-fourth 
Street, New York.” 
Veterinarians and Horse Shows. —The Irish Central 
Veterinary Association was founded July 22, at Mullingar, 
Ireland. When the routine organization business was through 
with, a discussion took place on the appointment of veterinary 
surgeons to horse shows, and the following resolution was 
unanimously passed : That the acceptance by veterinary sur¬ 
geons of appointments from show committees, under circum¬ 
stances which render it possible for their opinion to be challenged 
and disputed by interested outsiders, is to be deprecated in the 
interests of the veterinary profession, and it is the opinion of 
this meeting that no veterinary surgeons should accept appoint¬ 
ments under such conditions.” 
Sanmetto in Over Fifty Cases of Azoturia. —Dr. P\ 
J. Bliss, C. V. S., of Earlville, Ill., writing, says: “ I have been 
using sanmetto in my practice for a year, and I consider it al¬ 
most a specific in azoturia. I have given it a thorough test in 
over fifty cases of this disease in its different stages and have 
found the results invariably the same—the patients improving 
from the commencement of its exhibition, the urine clearing up, 
the offensive odor disappearing and all alarming symptoms 
abating, and a general air of comfort to the animal is at once 
noticed. It is often indicated in other diseases, and I have 
received much benefit from its use in my practice in general, and 
at some future time will give my experience with sanmetto in 
other fields of usefulness. 
