DR. R. HARVEY REED, Mansfield, O., Chief Surgeon. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co.

DR. W. B. OUTEN, St. Louis, Mo., Chief Surgeon. Missouri Pacific R. R. Co.

DR. J. H. MURPHY, St. Paul, Minn., Chief Surgeon. Northern Pacific R. R. Co.

DR. W. R. NUGENT, Oskaloosa, Ia., Chief Surgeon. Central Iowa R. R. Co.

DR. J. W. SANDERS, Broken Bow, Neb., Chief Surgeon. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co.

And others.

Transcriber's Notes

Typographical errors have been silently corrected and hyphenation standardised.

Variations in spelling and punctuation are as in the original.

The author has used hydroscopic in place of hygroscopic throughout.