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the unqualified support of the public on account of demon¬ 
strated merit. 
Scarcely less wonderful has grown the profession in num- 
bers, education, capacity—in length, breadth and avoirdu- 
pojr> $ .bcttef in ‘ ail respects, from whatever line of vision. 
"The double‘decade has witnessed the cementing of fraternal 
feeliqgjji: the establishment of associations in almost all States 
for' the study of science, the interchange of views, and the 
fostering and enlarging of the spirit of progress; it has seen 
seats ol education in the specialty become implanted at vari¬ 
ous centres, and the yearly broadening of the curriculum and 
the facilities for dispensing modern teachings, and, above all, 
the voluntary enlargement of the period of attendance, from 
the simple feeling of justice that the augmentation of the 
amount to be taught required a longer period in which to 
teach it. It may have been absolutely true that the amount 
of scientific knowledge possessed then could be transmitted 
in the restricted course, and equally true that in its expanded 
form the longer period is necessary. 
The United States Veterinary Medical Association is the 
parent of the American Veterinary Review, and the 
child is especially proud of its progenitor, while we feel cer¬ 
tain there is no occasion for the father to deny his offspring, 
as the weakling which once struggled with a few pages of 
scientific material, contributed by a handful of devoted and 
enthusiastic men, is now entering robust manhood with a 
body of the strongest minds of modern times, not only of 
this but all countries where scientific veterinary medicine ex¬ 
ists. From its limited number of pages it has grown to know 
no bounds, its limitations being decided by the demands 
upon her columns. Every year has brought its improve¬ 
ments, and hereafter every month will mark the advance¬ 
ment. She is more thoroughly equipped to-day than ever, 
and the profession—which has made her what she is—shall 
reap the reward of her opportunities. To the members of 
the profession who contribute to her pages, much more than 
to the executive staff, is due the credit of this, for without 
their gracious assistance, all else were futile. Then to our 
