EDITORIAL. 
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Tuberculosis will be held in Paris between July 27tli and 
August 2d of this year. Among the officers of the permanent 
committee of organization we find the names of some celebrated 
veterinarians of Paris, Professors Chauveau and Nocard, Mr. 
Butel, Leblanc and Rossignot. Among the subjects of interest 
which will occupy the sittings of the Congress, those which are 
directly of importance to the veterinarians will be : (i) The 
struggle against animal tuberculosis by prophylaxy, by Pro¬ 
fessor Bang, of Copenhagen ; (2) contagion of tuberculosis by 
milk and meat; (3) sterilization of the meat of tuberculous ani¬ 
mals. 
Veterinarians of all countries can become members of the 
Congress by sending their application and a payment of 20 
francs (four dollars). They will receive a receipt for the same, 
a title of membership and a copy of the printed transactions. 
Applications can be sent to Mr. G. Nasson, treasurer of the Con¬ 
gress, 120 Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris. 
At this moment, when the subject of tuberculosis is of such 
importance to many of our colleagues in the United States, we 
have no doubt that America will be represented, at least nomi¬ 
nally, among the members of this Congress. 
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A New Shoe for Dressing. —This is quite a novelty, an¬ 
swering for all kinds of permanent dressings and for all affec¬ 
tions of the sole of the foot. Applied in the ordinary way, it 
permits the inspection of a wound, the thorough use of antisep¬ 
tic applications, and by its remaining fixed on the foot, to a cer¬ 
tain extent allows a limited amount of use of the animal. It 
is an ordinary shoe, which has an iron plate, the size of the 
sole, perfectly adapted to the inside circumference of the shoe. 
This plate at the back has on each side a small round prolonga¬ 
tion, tooth like, which is received in a hole bored in the thick¬ 
ness of each branch of the shoe towards the heels, and thus 
secured forms a kind of hinge which permits its opening and 
examination of the sole to be made. Towards the toe, opposite 
one of the nail holes on each side of the shoe, there is a little 
