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The percentage of deaths is small, and no fears need be enter¬ 
tained of its assuming the serious proportions of similar past out¬ 
breaks. 
.Rest, hygienie treatment and supporting, nutritious diet have 
been the chiefly used indications. 
Laminitis has been reported by some as a sequelse of the dis¬ 
ease, while in a few instances purpura-hemorrhagica has been the 
main complication. 
ARMY VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
We print in this number of the Review the second part of 
the article on Army Yeterinary Medicine, and will continue the 
last part in our December issue. 
Written by one who sought entrance to the army for the pur¬ 
pose of determining by experience what the real difficulties sur¬ 
rounding the life of the army veterinarians are, we feel sure it 
will command the earnest attention of all who are interested in 
veterinary medicine, the advancement of the profession and the 
proper recognition of what is, or should be, a most important 
army officer—the veterinary surgeon. 
To the Government we commend it for consideration in the 
belief that it will enlist her interference in behalf of her peti¬ 
tioners. It is not only degrading, but demoralizing, for the edu¬ 
cated veterinarian to serve in the army under existing regula¬ 
tions. To place the veterinary surgeon below the farrier , the 
chief-packer, the telegraph operator , the mechanic , the civilian! s 
clerk, and the forage-master or train-master, is an insult to any 
common intelligence or to the self-respect of any educated veteri¬ 
nary surgeon. 
The duty devolving on the veterinarian is not only at times 
most arduous, but attended with grave dangers and by results 
of the utmost importance. The value of the services rendered 
by the employees who are better paid than the veterinary surgeon 
are insignificant when compared with the duties of the latter. 
If the Government would have an Army Yeterinary Depart¬ 
ment worthy of the name, and one that can render invaluable 
