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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
while ill 1890 there were 589 steers to each 1000 of population. 
The Illinois State Board of Veterinary Examiners 
met at Springfield, Sept. 14, to pass on application for licenses 
to practice veterinary surgery and medicine. The board 
recommended the issuance of licenses by the State Board of Eive 
Stock Commissioners to eighty-eight graduated veterinarians and 
224 non-graduate practitioners. The board also adopted a list 
of colleges whose diplomas will be recognized.— {Breeder's 
Gazette .) 
Antithermoline. —This scientific blending of well-known 
antiseptics with an inorganic earthy base, with the object of 
producing an ideal antiphlogistic and antiseptic covering for all 
manner of raw and inflamed surfaces, was exhibited at the clin¬ 
ics of the A. V. M. A., and sample cans presented to most of 
those who attended. In New York and surrounding cities it 
had already been introduced and its merits thoroughly appreci¬ 
ated. An advertisement appears in this month's Review, and 
the attention of our readers is directed to it, where full particu¬ 
lars as to its constituent parts will be seen. 
Death of Iroquois. —The famous thoroughbred stallion 
Iroquois, the only American horse who ever won the English 
Derby, died at the Belle Meade Stock Farm, Nashville, Tenn., 
September 19, of chronic nephritis, aged twenty-one years, after 
an illness of about five weeks. Post-mortem by three reputable 
veterinarians brought out the fact that one of the kidneys had 
entirely degenerated. Those who attended the Nashville meet¬ 
ing of the U. S. V. M. A. will remember the great sire, who was 
exhibited to them on the occasion of the visit to Belle Meade. 
General Jackson intends to remove the hoofs and have them 
made into cups, finely mounted. 
Glanders in Transport Mules. — It is reported from 
Leavenworth that glanders has been discovered among the 
Government mules and horses at Fort Leavenworth intended 
for service in the Philippines. Three hundred mules and 
horses are said to be afflicted and eighteen mules were shot on 
one day. A wholesale slaughter is imminent. Veterinary sur¬ 
geons are at work and the animals will be inoculated with a 
new preparation. There is a scarcity of the kind of mules the 
Government wants. The quartermaster will immediately ad¬ 
vertise for bids to duplicate the animals that are shot. This 
will delay the shipment of these animals to the Philippines. 
They were to have been sent in a few days. — {Breeder's 
Gazette .) 
