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elevated. Can we give such absolute decisions under these trying 
circumstances ? 
“ Governor Hamilton lias caused an investigation to be made 
by Dr. Lemay, the veterinary surgeon, into the complaints as to 
the unhealthiness of milk produced by cows fed witli distillery 
swill, and the examination convinced him that there was not only 
no necessity for the approval of the Mill bill, but that it would 
be exceedingly improper to place a law on the statute book pre¬ 
scribing how cows shall be fed. Another objection to the bill is 
that it provides for additional office-holders, one with a salary of 
$1,200 and traveling expenses, and two others with unlimited 
salaries.” 
In conclusion, I am willing to extend every respect to the 
Governor of Maryland, providing he protects the owners of stock 
from experiencing the existence of this destructive malady among 
their herds of valuable neat cattle. Having visited most of 
these fine stock farms, I can announce that the State of Maryland 
is advancing with rapidity to a par witli other States in producing 
valuable cattle. Therefore, I say, protect them. 
With many thanks for past favors, I remain, 
Yours, very respectfully, 
W. II. Hose, U. S. Cattle Inspector. 
CELLULITIC FEVER—PINK-EYE. 
To Editor Veterinary Review : 
I have noticed some controversy in the Review in regard to 
the disease commonly called pink-eye. One veterinarian contends 
that epizootic cellulitis is the proper name for this disease; others 
deny this, and insist upon calling it “ influenza.” I think it would 
be well for veterinarians to discard entirely the name influenza 
for any disease. 
Da Costa, in his medical diagnosis, classes catarrhal fevers 
with continued fevers, and remarks concerning it that “ it is not 
common to class this epidermic malady with the idiopathic fevers. 
It is often described as a mere variety of bronchitis, because in- 
flammation of the bronchial mucous membrane constitutes one of 
its most prominent symptoms. But this is not a just view. Witli 
as much propriety might typhoid fever be omitted from the list 
