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perpetuate the best types, and who are willing to ex- 

 periment only in the right direction. Only a few 

 years ago the " vet" in America was the stableman, 

 practised only in his daily care of, and experience 

 with, horses, and seeking to relieve their distress 

 through his verj' love of them. To-day a thorough 

 course of study and practical training is deemed 

 essential, to secure a graduate's diploma in any 

 veterinary college. The American Veterinary Review^ 

 issued monthly, edited by Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., 

 V.M., Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of 

 Veterinary Surgeons, England, and the valuable 

 works of Dr. James Law, of Cornell University, Prof. 

 O. Schwartzkopff, V.M-., of the University of Min- 

 nesota, Prof. Wm. Zuill, M.D., D.V.S., of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, Dr. Hoskins and Dr. Will- 

 iams of New York, Dr. Huidekoper of Philadelphia, 

 Dr. D. E. Salmon of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, and others, tell of the great strides in prac- 

 tical scientific knowledge our students are making. 



To seize an idea quickly and improve it to perfec- 

 tion is a national trait — a matter of chronic surprise 

 and wonderment, to those who know only the method 

 which grinds and plods, to arrive at certain truths 

 only after the most exhausting labor. 



If our experiments are somewhat bold, we are sure 

 they will be tempered with humane treatment, and 

 that we shall never imitate the dreadful abuses one 

 sometimes reads of in the foreign news, to which 

 science in many cases condemns its victims, the 

 wretched dumb creatures selected for experiment. 



Our societies for the prevention of cruelty to 



