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weeks after this I noticed she was large again and not able to 
walk very fast. I caught her, made another incision at the same 
point, and twenty-four ounces of water white fluid escaped. This 
relieved her again. She then stopped depositing eggs, but seems 
in perfect health, comb very red, and plumage in fine condition. 
About three week after the second tapping she filled again, and I 
again tapped her, and exactly twenty-four ounces of fluid escaped. 
It has been now five months since the third tapping, and the hen 
appears quite well. No constitutional treatment was given. The 
lien was fed on oats only. 
The second and third time I tapped the hen I measured the 
fluid with a graduated glass. 
SANITARY VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF VETERINARIANS. 
Illinois Live-Stook Commission. 
When an assistant veterinarian is notified of the existence of 
a supposed case of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle or glanders 
among horses, he shall make a thorough examination of the dis¬ 
eased animals, and if he is convinced that the case under con¬ 
sideration is a genuine case of one or the other of these diseases, 
he shall at once notify the owner in writing of his opinion regard¬ 
ing them, and shall warn the owner or owners under penalty of 
the law from moving to or from the infected premises any ani¬ 
mals of the kind diseased. He shall then notify the State Y eter- 
inarian of his investigation and belief, and request his immediate 
presence at the infected point, and shall also report to the Com¬ 
mission all particulars in the case as to name of owner, locality, 
and supposed disease, together with the number of animals 
affected, but in no case are assistant veterinarians to order the 
slaughter of animals affected, unless expressly authorized by the 
Li ve-Stock Commission. 
The compensation of assistant veterinarians is fixed at $L per 
hour for parts of a day, and not to exceed $8 per day in addi¬ 
tion to their necessary expenses in going from and to their place 
