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States. The Local Committee—consisting of such enthusiastic 
members as Drs. Brenton, Hawkins, and Dunphy—assures us 
that a most excellent clinic may be had, as there is unlimited 
material, and that the veterinarians of that city will take an 
active interest in making this feature of our meeting a grand 
success. Those of the membership who are particularly inter¬ 
ested in surgical procedure should volunteer to demonstrate a 
large variety of operations representing professional advance¬ 
ment in surgical art. 
The Secretary wishes the Review to suggest to members 
the advisability of promptly notifying him of their willingness 
to contribute to the programme of this meeting. He says: 
“ The time is certainly at hand when the value of our meetings 
must be duly appreciated and it be counted a privilege to be 
sought after to have the pleasure and honor of presenting a 
paper before this scientific body.” 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. W. C. Hoeden, Delphos, Ohio, has established a well 
appointed hospital in connection with his practice, with operat¬ 
ing table and other modern appliances. 
Death of Dr. M. J. Tewey. —As the Review goes to 
press we learn with deep regret of the death of Martin J. Tewey, 
D. V. S., of Irvington-on-the-Hudson, President of the West¬ 
chester County V. M. Association, a graduate of the A. V. C., 
and a practitioner of note. Pneumonia was the cause. 
It is estimated by competent authority that under the new 
veterinary law of Iowa there will be between 400 and 500 reg¬ 
istrations, 150 of whom will be graduates. The bill requires 
that the board of examiners be appointed within sixty days 
after its enactment (April 2d). 
A New Seing.—D r. S. R. Howard, Hillsboro, Ohio, writes 
under date of April 2: “I was down in the hills yesterday, and 
while in the neighborhood I went to see a new kind of swing 
for horses. Big mare had broken metacarpal. They bored 
four holes and let the mare’s legs through. You can imagine 
the rest. She lived four days.” 
A Retreat for Aged Horses. —An association is form¬ 
ing in Brooklyn, N. Y., with the object of securing funds with 
which to purchase a farm and maintain an asylum for old or in¬ 
valid equities who, having served a life of usefulness, may spend 
their remaining days in comfortable idleness, rather than to be 
