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CORRESPONDENCE. 
Fort Walla Walla, W. T., May 11th, 1885. 
Editor of American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sir. — I regret to have to announce the death of 
Janies Humphries, V.S., of the 2nd U. S. Cavalry, who died 
in San Francisco on 31st Dec., 1884, from glanders. 
Mr. Humphries came to this country from Bloomsbury, 
Manchester, England, and graduated from the Ontario 
Veterinary college in 1878. 
He moved to Harrisburg, Ra., and soon established an 
excellent practice. 
In 1879 he gave up private practice, and entered the 
army service, being appointed veterinary surgeon to the 
2nd cavalry, and held that position until his death. He 
was highly respected by the officers of his regiment as a 
gentleman and skilful practitioner, and in his death the 
profession has lost one of its most valuable workers. It 
was Mr. Humphries’ great object to promote the interests 
of the veterinary profession in the army, and had he not 
been so soon cut off, his efforts must have been successful. 
While holding a post-mortem on several glandered horses, 
it is supposed that he became inoculated with the virus 
through a cut on his finger. 
Respectfully, 
E. R. Forbes, V.S., 
2d Cavalry U. S. A. 
VETERINARIANS WANTED. 
Clearfield, Pa., April 15, 1885. 
Dear Sir. —We are badly in need of a veterinary surgeon 
here. Can you reccommend any one to me? We have no one 
near this place. A good one can do a good business. Let me 
hear from you. Yours, 
James L. Leary. 
