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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
College at its last meeting, and was double honored by an ex¬ 
cellent reproduction of his physiognomy in the May Jour^ial 
Atkins & Durbrow announce that veterinarians are order¬ 
ing their Red Ball Brand Stock Food, and using it according to 
their suggestions in their advertisement elsewhere. The ingre¬ 
dients are not secret. They’ll give you the formula if you 
wish. 
CoRNELiv University continues to reach out in the estab¬ 
lishment of scientific schools. She is to open a medical depart¬ 
ment in the city of New York, the faculty to consist of those 
professors who recently resigned from the Medical Department 
of the University of the city of New York. 
The only case which has come under our observation of a 
lady becoming an honorary member of a veterinary medical as¬ 
sociation occurred at the last meeting of the North Carolina 
Association, when the wife of the President, Dr. C. R. Fllis, 
was unanimously elected on account of her great interest in its 
welfare. 
One Veterinarian’s Opinion. —“ The American Veter¬ 
inary Review is an indispensable means of keeping the rural 
as well as the city practitioner abreast with the advances of 
the profession, as well as with the most appropriate treatment 
of diseases.—D. F. Bowersox, Aaronsburg, Pa.” Tell your 
fellow-practitioners about it. That’s the way to make the Re¬ 
view better. 
Grand Rapids Veterinary CodeEGE. —The first com¬ 
mencement exercises occurred on March 25? i^ college 
building. Dr. Dales presided and delivered an interesting ad¬ 
dress. The graduates were six in number, as follows : U. U. 
Conkey, M. T. Bonasiewicz, and George Harr, of Grand Rapids ; 
Thomas Bunberry, Niles ; A. H. Swift, Freesoil, and George 
H. Stevenson, Detroit. 
The Army Veterinarians are kept pretty well on the move 
in these stirring war times. Dr. W. V. Uusk, of the Second Cav¬ 
alry, writes us under date of May 19, from Mobile, Ala., saying 
that the April issue had just reached him and was about worn 
out, having been forwarded from Fort Wingate to Leavenworth, 
from Leavenworth to Logan, from Logan to Chickamauga, and 
from the latter place to Mobile. 
Lavage or Washing of Trachea. —Profs. W. L. Wil¬ 
liams and Pierre A. Phsh described this operation in a commu- 
