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many similar specimens of letters written by “doctors of medi¬ 
cine ” in support of applications for pensions, the following : 
, February 20, 1897,—Snr: I surtify I treated the said 
siijer film 18888 to Date-foarmerly his stimiik tub was jined 
to his nervious sistem, but now it air rotted of, cosing grate ex- 
pectoring and hard of breth. Your Obt. servent.-M. D.”— 
( Globe-Democi'at .) 
J. Payne Lowe, D. V. S., was reappointed veterinary in¬ 
spector of the Passaic (N. J.) Board of Health for the term of 
three years at its meeting held in June. All cattle kept within 
the city limits as well as the stables have to pass his inspec¬ 
tion. Meat and milk inspections are also made by the doctor. 
It is only a matter of time when every municipality in the 
country will have its veterinary inspector. Great interest there¬ 
fore should be given the discussion upon the subject at Omaha 
next month. 
jModern War Surgery. —The war in Cuba has so far re¬ 
sulted in far fewer casualties than did engagements of like im¬ 
portance in our civil war. The Spaniards are not good marks¬ 
men on land or shore. What is quite as important is the fact 
that among those wounded there will be far fewer deaths than 
then occurred. Medical discoveries of antiseptic • methods of 
dressing wounds are responsible for this to a very great degree. 
Injuries which 35 years ago would have surely been fatal are 
now quickly recovering. And yet this is the hot season in a 
tropical climate, when without antiseptic treatment almost any 
kind of an injury would be sure to set up blood poisoning and 
be certainly fatal.— {^America 7 t Horse Breeder^ 
The Laugh'on the Veterinarian. —About two weeks 
ago Liveryman George Bailey purchased a horse from a Stam¬ 
ford dealer. A few days afterward the animal displayed symp¬ 
toms of sickness, and a well-known veterinary surgeon was 
called. The case was different from any brought to the veteri¬ 
nary’s notice, and as the animal showed no signs of recovery 
under his treatment, he admitted after several visits that the 
case baffled his medical knowledge. The matter was fully ex¬ 
plained to the satisfaction of every one, excepting, probably, 
the veterinary, when Mr. Bailey became the owner of another 
horse Friday night, and the funny part of it all is that the foal 
is not a horse but a mule. It is said that the next time the 
medical horseman visits Darien he will become hoarse from 
asking the boys, “What’ll you have ?”—(Connecticut Ex¬ 
changed) 
