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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
inents for the forthcoming meeting of that organization. Val¬ 
uable papers are being secured for it. 
Dr. John Robertson, formerly veterinarian to Second U. S. 
Cavalry, who recently was commissioned as Second Lieutenant 
Sixth U. S. Infantry, was seriously, though not dangerously 
wounded in engagement near Santiago, Cuba, recently. 
Prof. James L. Robertson, of New York, known and loved 
by the profession throughout the country, is in better health 
than for a long time. ^ He has taken Drs. Eugene Burget and 
W. S. Ortgies in partnership and jointly they will open a hOvS- 
pital in Ninth Avenue, near Thirteenth Street. 
“ Doping ” race-horses, although severely penalized by 
the racing association in their rules, is said to be on the in¬ 
crease. Such “ sport ” and such treatment of horses should 
cease, and the officers of jockey clubs should be held account' 
able to the association if permitted on their tracks. 
Walter L. Bell, D. V. S., of Brooklyn, New York, who 
recently enlisted in Troop C and has been stationed at Camp 
Alger, Virginia, is at his home ill with typhoid fever. He is a 
general favorite with his officers and comrades and much con¬ 
cern has been felt for his condition, though when the Review 
went to press he was considered a safe convalescent. 
At the next meeting of the New York State Veterinary 
Medical Society nominations will be made for a successor to 
Dr. Huidekoper on the State Board of Veterinary Medical Ex¬ 
aminers. A rule has been adopted by the Regents prohibiting 
teachers in any veterinary school in the State from serving upon 
such board. 
Dr. E. H. Shepard, of Cleveland, Ohio, recommends pep¬ 
sin in doses of two to four drachms to horses suffering from 
acute indigestion, and condemns opiates in the same condition. 
His views in full on this subject were embodied in a paper pre¬ 
sented to the joint meeting of the Ohio and Michigan Associa¬ 
tions in July. 
A FARMER read the following in an agricultural journal: 
“ A side window in a stable makes a horse’s eyes weak on that 
side ; a window in front makes his eyes weak by the glare; a 
window behind makes him squint-eyed, and a stable without 
windows makes him blind.” Now that farmer wants to know 
what effect a window without a stable has on a horse’s eyes.— 
{Trotter and Pacer.) 
A Bad Case. —The Iowa Health Bulletin publishes, among 
