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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
u The following members have expressed their intention to 
present papers : W. Horace Hoskins, C. C. McLean, of Penn¬ 
sylvania ; J. J. Repp, of Iowa; M. E. Knowles of Montana; 
P^oscoe R. Bell, C. E. Clayton, H. D. Gill and W. L. Williams, 
of New York ; W. H. Dalryrnple of Louisiana; Charles Gress- 
well, of Colorado; L. A. Merillat, of* Illinois; B. Mclnnes, of 
South Carolina ; Wm. Herbert Lowe, of New Jersey; A. T. 
Peters, of Nebraska. 
44 Among the topics to be presented will be the following :— 
4 Dairying from a Pure Milk Standpoint,’ 4 Routine Manipula¬ 
tions and Operations,’ 4 The Veterinarian in Public Life,’ ‘ Dis¬ 
eases Peculiar to the Rocky Mountain Region,’ 4 Acetanilid as 
an Antipyretic for the Horse,’ 4 Arytenoideraphy a Practical Op¬ 
eration,’ 4 Diatetics,’ 4 Notes on Filaria Immitis.’ I will doubt¬ 
less be able to announce a number of other titles in the next 
issue of the Review. 
44 1 trust the local Committee of Arrangements will have so 
far mapped out its plans as to permit some outline at least to be 
published in the May Review.” 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
44 Without the Review I am at a loss.” — P. A . Girard , 
M. D. C., New Richmond , Wis. 
Dr. J. F. Butterfield, of South Montrose, Pa., believes 
cryptorchidy to be hereditary. 
Six veterinarians took the Civil Service Meat Inspectors 
examination at Cincinnati on April nth. 
Dr. Frank McCoy, of Chicago, attends to a great many 
44 cat calls ” and thinks it is good easy money. 
Dr. H. W. Hawley, of Chicago, is one of the large export¬ 
ers of light drivers to England and the continent. 
44 Don’t combine acetanilid and digitalis ; it will kill the 
animal,” says Dr. Joseph Hughes, and he knows it will. 
Judd Phillips, V. S., of Warringsburgh, Mo., has removed 
to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where he is assistant to Dr. T. S. 
Childs. 
Dr. R. G. Walker says : 44 Use camphor and lard for mam- 
mitis and allied inflammatory processes. It will do the work 
every time.” 
There were four veterinarians before the Civil Service 
Commission at Kansas City recently taking the examination for 
Meat Inspectors. 
