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usual place over the' plantar nerves. Could it be possible for 
the nerve to be affected and still have no anaesthetic action 
whatever in the skin at any point on the leg? Is it a recog¬ 
nized fact that some horses are not susceptible to the action of 
cocaine in solution of any strength ? Very truly yours, 
A. F. Abbott. 
Note. —Replying to our correspondent from personal expe¬ 
rience only, we have observed the same imperfect action of co¬ 
caine of which he writes. Recently we injected a similar 
strength solution at the identical points he describes, and failed 
to induce anaesthesia of the skin, repeated prickings below’ the 
points of injection being followed by energetic manifestations of 
pain. In that case we concluded that if the skin could not be 
brought under its influence, the function of the large nerves 
over whose seat the injections were made, could not be materially 
altered. In this case, at least, w r e deemed the drug of no ser¬ 
vice as a diagnostic of the location of lameness. The experi¬ 
ence of other practitioners would help to establish the true value 
of cocaine for such purposes, and answer the question promul¬ 
gated by our correspondent as to whether certain individuals are 
insusceptible to its anaesthetic action.—R. R. B. 
THE SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE STATE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
New York State Vetek inary College, 
Itiiac', N. Y., June 12, 1899. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—Allow me to amend your item on page 239, 
June issue, stating that in this college “A Scholarship in Vet¬ 
erinary Science will be open to freshmen in competitive exam¬ 
ination.” There is no special “scholarship in Veterinary 
Science,” but 18 scholarships of an annual value of $200 each 
are open to competition by all members of the freshman class 
in the entire University. The veterinary freshmen stand on 
exactly the same level in their claim upon these as do the 
freshmen of all other departments in the University. If they 
could show themselves to be the best men they might capture 
the wdiole 18. On the other hand, they might fail to secure even 
one. Very truly yours, 
James Law. 
Our friend, Dr. W. Horace Hoskins, seems to have dis¬ 
covered the secret of perpetual motion in the new power, com¬ 
pressed air, he being president of a company for its manufacture. 
