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REPORTS OF CASES. 
Will other members of the profession kindly record their experi¬ 
ence of this agent ? 
DECLAT’S SOLUTION. 
By H. F. James, Y.S. 
This addition to our therapeutic agents will undoubtedly be 
liked by those who give it a trial. It has not the escharotic 
properties of carbolic acid, it favors granulation to a remarkable 
extent, and is a powerful antiseptic. 1 have used it for nearly a 
year as a substitute for carbolic acid in broken knees and such 
cases as it is desirable to have free granulation. Lately I saw an 
article in the Review advising its use in quittor. A case of that 
disease presenting itself soon after, I followed the treatment re¬ 
commended, but soon discarded the use of the bandage, which 
even with an interposed layer of antiseptic batting, made the 
animal very uncomfortable, and with strick cleanliness, attention, 
and the use of the solution twice a day, the case, which was a 
very bad one, is now nearly well. It may be used like carbolic 
acid with oil, but in almost any ratio you desire, without proving 
escharotic. 
NEW VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYL¬ 
VANIA. 
Special Report for the Review by W. L. Zuill, M.D., D.V.S. 
The opening of the Veterinary Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania took place on Thursday, October 2d, at 12 o’clock. 
The opening address by Prof. Rush Shippen Huidekoper was a 
very able discourse, on the history, past, present, and future, of 
the veterinary profession. In his discourse, he referred to the feel¬ 
ing of pride which filled him at his selection for the duty of de¬ 
livering the inaugural, not because he was an alumnus of the Uni¬ 
versity, but because he was a member of the family of the 
founder of the Medical Department 119 years ago. The meet¬ 
ing, a memoral one for this department, brought out a large 
