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Health and Wealth of the Nation.” It consists of a series of 
bright articles by successful alninni of that school, treating of 
all phases of the question, illustrating the broad work which is 
now demanded of the graduate, and showing the enlarging field, 
to occupy his services. It will go a long way toward educating 
the public as to the importance of the profession in State Medi¬ 
cine, if thoroughly circulated, and to the popularizing of the 
school which sends it forth. 
At the New York State Meeting. —At the very suc¬ 
cessful meeting of this Society in Syracuse on Sept. 14 and 15, 
the following members were present: J. H. Ronan, Corning; 
F. L. Kilborny, Kelloggsville ; W. H. Pendry, Brooklyn ; E. 
F. Bettinger, Chittenago ; V. E. James, Cooperstown; James 
Law, Ithaca; M. M. Poucher, Oswego; Jas. A. Pendergast,, 
Phoenix ; G. C. Kesler, Holley ; H. E. Clark, Newburgh ; J. 
A. McCrank, Plattsburgh ; W. B. Switzer, Williamson ; H. D. 
Gill, New York City ; J. M. Currie, Rome ; Chas. Cowie, Og- 
densburg ; W. S. Corlis, Carthage ; Jno. A. Bell, Watertown ; 
Eugene M. Casey, Oxford; Romanzo Perkins, Hardy’s; F. 
Morrow, Oneida; Thos. Burns, Watertown ; Wilson Huff, 
Rome ; C. D. Morris, Pawling ; Arthur O’Shea, New York City ; 
W. H. Kelly, Albany ; Roscoe R. Bell, Brooklyn ; G. G. Dean, 
Tully. 
Inteleigence of a Horse. —Dr. W. H. Watkins, of New 
Orleans, according to the Times-Devwcrat^ relates that while a 
student, in a class where it was customary to wear a distinguish¬ 
ing badge, and a number of the students being one day gathered 
on the campus, a horse came limping toward them. He came 
to a stop a dozen or more feet away, and, carefully surveying us, 
finally made up his mind as to what he wanted to do, and with¬ 
out any hesitation limped directly to my side, whinnied, stuck 
his nose against my body, and held up his left foreleg. Looking 
down, I discovered a large nail embedded in the frog of his hoof. 
This had evidently caused the lameness. I extracted the nail 
and the horse whimpered with relief and walked away. Rather 
curious as to why the beast had picked me out to attend to his 
wound, I glanced at the boys and found the solution to the 
problem. Not one of the group had his medical badge upon his 
coat but myself. The horse had recognized the insignia and 
acted accordingly.” 
Mysterious Horse Sickness in Maryeand.—A dispatch 
to the New York Sun dated Baltimore, Md., Sept. 22, says : 
