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RESOLUTIONS OF N. Y. STATE V. M. SOCIETY. 
THERAPEUTIC NOTES. 
Napthai^ene in Mange. —One or at the most two frictions 
ot the ointment of napthalene, i part, and lanoline, 9 parts are 
a sure cure for mange. This ointment might also take^he 
place of all mercurial preparations now in use. Care must be 
tak^ to use the napthalene pulverized very fine.— {Phanii. Zeit.\ 
Treatment of Tapeworms by Saeicyeic Acid_ The 
following is recommended in human medicine and has proved 
successful m 19 cases out of 20. It might do well in canine 
practice. The patient has no supper and in the evenina re¬ 
ceives a dose of castor oil (30 grammes). The next morning 
another half dose of oil (15 grammes) is given ; then an hour 
later i gramme of salicylic acid repeated every hour for the next 
3 lours. If after the fourth dose, the tapeworm is not expelled 
another half dose of castor oil (15 grammes) is taken.— 
Med. from R. M. V.) • v * 
Infectious Conjunctivitis.—Two or three instillations 
by day, after washing with a solution of chloride of sodium at 
T) recommended for infectious conjunctivitis. 
Blue or toliiidine, i gramme ; boiled water, i litre.— (R. M. V.) 
Against Itching Dermatosis.— One of the two following 
prescriptions is recommended against the troublesome itching 
frequently observed in some cutaneous diseases, specially in 
TTM ? Menthol, 10-15 parts; collodion, loo parts, or 
^ Menthol, to i part; olive oil, i part; lanoline, 50 parts. 
After a thorough antiseptic wash made morning and evenino- 
the diseased parts are well dried and a thin coat of the preparL 
tion of menthol la id over.— {R. M. V.) 
RESOLUTIONS OF NEW YORK STATE V. M. SOCIETY, 
ADOPTED AT ITS EIGHTH ANNUAE MEETING IN NEW YORK 
CITY, SEPT. 14-15, 1898. 
Whereas, The Tuberculosis Commission of the State of New 
or , intrusted with the control of tuberculosis and glanders in 
anirnals, only is composed of two physicians unacquainted with 
the diseases of the lower animals. 
Whereas, This Commission draws in yearly salaries six 
t ousand dollars in addition to office and other expenses for the 
performance of services which they are incompetent to perforin 
and do not render. ^ 
Whereas, There is no systematic work done by them in the 
suppression of tuberculosis in farm animals, but cattle brought 
