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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
“ I enjoy the Review very much, and have learned many 
useful things from it”—IV. A. McClanahan , D. V. M., Reddings 
Iowa. 
Dr. George E. Nesom, Professor of Veterinary Medicine at 
Cletnson College, South Carolina, was married July io to Miss 
Bessie O’Brien, of Staikville, Miss. 
The Citizens’ Business League of Milwaukee, Wis., has 
already sent out literature showing the advantages of that city, 
and asking the A. V. M. A. to meet there in 1900. 
IT is believed that a commission of British army officers is 
at present in this country looking over the mule markets with 
a view to making large purchases of mules for use in South 
Africa. They were in New Orleans this week. 
Dr. W. J. Martin, Kankakee, Ill., President of the State 
Association, has been added to the staff of collaborators of the 
Review. Dr, Martin is a hard student, a close observer, and a 
graceful, entertaining writer, and our readers are to be congrat¬ 
ulated upon the acquisition. 
Many local veterinarians have written and endorsed the 
article in the August Review entitled “ Contemptible Method 
of Practicing Veterinary Medicine.” If the veterinarians of New 
York do their duty the exciting cause of that article will soon 
have ceased to exist. 
We are informed that the announcement in the July Re¬ 
view that Dr. H. L. Ramacciotti had been appointed veter¬ 
inarian to the Greater American Exposition, to be held in 
Omaha, Neb., this summer, is incorrect, and that Dr. G. R. 
Young, of that city, received the official appointment by the Exe¬ 
cutive Committee, Dr. R. receiving the assistantship position. 
“The New York Sun” is at war with “ the Automobile 
Gazette” (formerly the New York Herald ), showing that its 
u personal ” advertisements constitute an obscene directory 
which disgraces American journalism. With a record of out¬ 
raging morality, its attacks upon the horse industry of the 
country can have little effect. 
Dr. L. A. Merileat’s Opinion of Iodoform.— “ Iodoform 
must be regarded as one of the most valuable antiseptics for 
veterinary surgery. It promotes granulation, limits the exu¬ 
dates, relieves pain, is practically non-toxic, and, besides, unlike 
other dry antiseptics, it does not prevent immediate union when 
caught between the edges of wounds.”— {Jour. Comp. Med.) 
“ WE could not think of doing without your valuable jour¬ 
nal ; it contains so many practical hints and valuable communi- 
