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efforts of the preparators will be adequately appreciated by 
American practitioners. 
The Liver Feuke in the Hawaiian Islands. —Through 
the courtesy of Veterinary Inspector W. T. Monsarrat, of Hon¬ 
olulu, we are in possession of the report of the Board of 
Health of the Hawaiian republic, which includes that of the 
veterinary inspectors, Drs. Monsarrat and Shaw. These gentle¬ 
men are doing a grand work in dignifying the profession in 
that country, and are rapidly forcing a recognition of its merits 
by their intelligence and public-spirited demands for wise sani¬ 
tary means. In a private letter from the former he says that 
he “is longing for the time when Uncle Sam will take Hawaii 
under his sheltering wing, so that he may become a member of 
that grand organization, the U. S. V. M. A.” In perusing the 
veterinary department of the report we were struck by the 
diversified presence of the liver fluke among the bullocks 
slaughtered upon the group of Hawaiian Islands. For instance, 
on the island of Oahu there were slaughtered during the years 
1896-97 6811 bullocks, which showed 1501 good livers and 
5310 fluked livers; on the island of Hawaii, of 5319 inspected 
5233 were good and 86 showed abscesses ; on the island of Maui 
there were 162 fluked livers out of a total of 2575 inspected ; 
on the island of Kaui, every liver examined was fluked, there 
being 56; on the island of Molokai, 60 were fluked out of the 
181 killed ; none were found among the 144 killed on the island 
of Niihau ; and they were equally good in the 31 slaughtered on 
Lanai Island, but there were 6 abscessed livers in the 29 in¬ 
spected on the island of Kahoolawe. From the above figures 
it will be noticed that on one island the percentage is very high, 
while in an adjoining one the cattle are free from it. 
ASSISTANTSHIP WANTED. 
A qualified veterinarian of fifteen years’ experience, desires a position as assistant to 
city practitioner in the North or West. Address “Southern Veterinarian,” 
care Review. 
FOR SALE. ^ 
A substantial and commodious brick veterinary infirmary, office and residence, cen¬ 
trally located in a thrifty city of 25,000, and surrounded by a very rich agricultural and 
breeding country. 
The leading practice of the entire region has for fifteen years been and is still being 
conducted in this property. 
It is offered at less than 60 per cent, of cost, with cash payment sufficient to insure 
sale, balance at low interest and as long time as may be asked. 
An exceptional opportunity for an energetic, up-to-date man. 
Address W. L. Williams, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
