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W. J. MARTIN. 
Right here let me say that I find europhen a much better 
antiseptic than iodoform, as it goes farther and has greater med¬ 
icinal powers. The ointment should be placed inside the eye¬ 
lid, and then by rubbing the lids together the ointment is spread 
over the whole eyeball. Two or three dressings as described 
above will be sufficient, except in the cases where the vascular 
fungus appears. 
In two cases where the fungus appeared I used a 5 per cent, 
solution of protargol, applied with a camel’s hair brush, and one 
application was sufficient. Since then I have had no opportu¬ 
nity to try the protargol on a case of this kind, but from its 
prompt action in these cases I feel sure that it is the remedy to 
use. 
During the past summer this affection of the eyes of cattle 
appeared in several places in our State, but no new cases have 
been reported since the cooler weather set in. 
One man reported recently that his herd of fifty steers were 
all right again without the loss of an eye. 
VETERINARY TOPICS OF TO-DAY. 
By W. J. Martin, M. D. C., Kankakee, III. 
President’s Address before the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, Nov. 15, 
1900. 
Gentlemen : 
It is with pleasure that I again welcome you to this our 
annual convention. It is also a pleasure to report to you that 
during the past year the conditions surrounding the practice of 
veterinary medicine and surgery have materially improved. 
The market prices of all kinds of live stock have increased in 
value and in numbers ; more especially is this true of horses. 
The visions of the dreamers who saw in the near future the dis¬ 
placement of the horse by mechanical contrivances, have been 
rudely dispelled, and to-day the horse holds a higher place in 
the estimation of the nations of the world than ever before in 
its history. In military operations, it has been found that rapid 
