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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Mankato, Minn. 
Sir. — I am looking for a regular graduate in veterinary med¬ 
icine and surgery. The city of Mankato has a population of 
8000, and is rapidly increasing, with a large and thickly settled 
country around it. I was talking with one of the most promi¬ 
nent human physicians, who is largely interested in live stock, 
and he told me that there was a fortune awaiting such a man, for 
Mankato is bound to be in time the finest place in the north¬ 
west; and 1 would like to see a thoroughly competent man settle 
here ; his practice would extend from twenty to forty miles around. 
Hoping to hear from you, I remain yours, 
George Buyers, Box 710. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Micrococci in Relation to Wounds—Abscesses and Septic 
Processes. —In a report to the British Medical Association, Dr. 
W. Watson Cheyne gives the following summary: 
1. There are various kinds of micrococci found in wounds 
treated antiseptically, differing markedly from each other in their 
effects on animals. They agree in growing best at the tempera¬ 
ture of the body, and in causing acidity and sweaty smell in the 
fluids in which they grow. The experiments show that cultivations 
may be carried on in fluids with accuracy, provided the precau¬ 
tions mentioned be observed. 
2. The micrococci treated in these experiments grew best in 
materials exposed to oxygen gas. They grew only with difficulty 
in the absence of oxygen. Eggs were not good pabulum. 
3. Their effect on animals was not altered by growth with or 
without oxygen. 
4. The effects of these micrococci on rabbits and men were 
not similar, some of the most virulent forms for rabbits causing 
no deleterious effects in wounds in man. 
5. The kidney is apparently an important excreting organ for 
organisms. 
