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sentation of certificates from an agent of the Bureau of Animal 
IndusUy or of the Illinois Board of Live-Stock Commissioners 
that they have been dipped in accordance with the formula pre¬ 
scribed by the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
A Horse Hives 32 Days Without Food or Water._ 
A Nevada, Mo., despatch dated October 25, said : “ A remark¬ 
able case of long life without food or drink has developed here 
when a horse supposed to have been stolen from W. T. Hetton 
of this county on the night of September 25, was found alive in 
one of the stalls at the fair grounds. When found it had eaten 
all the pine timber within reach and was still able to walk. It 
had subsisted thirty days without food or drink.” 
Dr T. W. Scott, formerly of Nashville, but now of Clarks¬ 
ville, Tenn., who will be remembered for his good fellowship 
and geniality toward the visiting members at the Nashville 
meeting of the U. S. V. M. A., has recently taken unto himself 
a bride in the person of^ a lovely and estimable young lady of 
C arksville. ^ Dr. Scott is conducting a large veterinary infirm- 
ary and shoeing shop and has won for himself a host of friends 
and we wish him success both in his business and matrimonial 
ventures. 
TT Without the Review.— Joseph Plaskett, 
U. _V. b., Secretary Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association 
wntes under date of Nov. i8th : “ I do not see how I could dj 
without the Review now. Best wishes for its continued suc- 
cess.” This IS given chiefly as a specimen of what hundreds 
would write if they were only, induced to subscribe. Reader 
have you told your brother practitioner of the many valuable 
things you get from the Review, and that the small subscrip¬ 
tion tee IS more than returned to you in every issue ^ Bevin 
now. ' ‘ ^ 
Answer to a Correspondent.— Pa ., Nov . 
tSgS.—h. dispute has arisen in this town between some 
quacks and myself, they claiming that the operation of neuro¬ 
tomy is cruelty to animals, while I claim it is not if done prop- 
erly by a qualified veterinary surgeon, when all other treatment 
has faded to relieve navicular disease. Please give your opinion. 
J. A. Haas, y. S., 112 Hocust St. Answer .—If the patient be 
a proper subject for the operation, we do not consider it a cruelty: 
but a necessary procedure to relieve pain and render a worthless 
animal a more useful servant of man.— Editor. 
Six One Way and Haef a Dozen the Other. _The 
