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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Personal.
—Dr. Marcus W. Lyon, Jr., has taken charge of the pathologic work at South Bend, Ind.
Bill on Chiropractic.
—There has been introduced by Congressman Esch a bill regulating the practice of chiropractic in the District of Columbia. This measure is similar to the one recently introduced relative to the practice of osteopathy in the district. It provides for the organization of a chiropractic examination and registration board; that applicants for chiropractic licenses shall be graduates of reputable schools of chiropractic, that the applicants will be required to give a demonstration of vertebral palpation, nerve tracing and adjusting, and such other subjects as the board may prescribe. A fee of $25 is required of all