CORRESPONDENCE. 
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State of Delaware; and in the Counties of Cecil, Harford, 
Baltimore, Howard and Carroll, in the State of Maryland; and 
I hereby, as required by said Act, prohibit the importation of any 
domestic animals of the bovine species into this State from the 
aforesaid Counties in the States of Connecticut, Hew York, 
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, after the 
10th day of November inst., unless accompanied by a certificate of 
health properly signed by a duly authorized veterinary inspector. 
Any corporation or individual who shall transport, receive or 
convey such prohibited stock shall he deemed guilty of a misde¬ 
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than 
$1,000 nor more than $10,000 for each and every offence, and 
shall be liable for any and all damage or loss that may be sustained 
by any party or parties by reason of the importation or transport¬ 
ation of such prohibited stock. (Sec. 4 of Act approved May 31, 
1881.) In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and cause 
the great seal of State to be affixed. Dated at the City of 
Springfield, the day and year above written. 
By the Governor: S. M. Cullom, 
Henry D. Dement, 
Secretary of State. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
POISONING FROM STRYCHNIA. 
Mr. Editor : In the October number of the Review ap¬ 
peared an article entitled “ A Case of Poisoning from Strych¬ 
nia,” by W. H. Hoskins, D.Y.S., which, in my opinion, is open 
to some friendly criticism. In the first place, was it good policy 
for Dr. Hoskins, when he suspected strychnia poisoning, to tell 
the owner of the horse to wait until the next morning for him to 
make a diagnosis ? Strychnia poisoning demands immediate 
diagnosis and attention, I think, if we would save our patient. 
I also cannot agree with the symptoms and post mortem lesions, 
which are described as being so typical of a case of strychnia 
poisoning. Delafond,in his Traite de Therapeutique Generate , says: 
“ In herbivorous animals, no matter whether suspended in water 
or in pill form, strychnia produces its effects quickly; the animal 
