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and found but a few of these translucid tubercles, the conclu¬ 
sive experiments of Prof. Nocard will strengthen their belief m 
the diagnostic value of mullein. Personally we feel that while 
perhaps more has to be learned in relation to mallein, certainly 
its value in establishing a diagnosis of a disease whose lesions 
may be very limited can no longer be doubted. 
Regulation oe Veterinary Practice in France. It is 
a point of rather peculiar significance that in the administration 
and the enactment of laws relating to this important subject, to 
find that in France, the birthplace of veterinary science, the vet¬ 
erinarian is not protected in his rights as much as m America, 
the last of the countries of the world where veterinary medicine 
has been established. To-day in France it is true the practice of 
veterinary medicine has certain rights which are well defined by 
l aw —but in France yet veterinarians, especially in country dis¬ 
tricts, have to fight their way against quackery. The Govern¬ 
ment has time and time again been approached, bills after bills 
have been presented to the Chamber of Deputies m Pans, veteri¬ 
narians all over the country, veterinary societies, all in fact con¬ 
nected with the practice of veterinary medicine ; have appealed to 
the powers that be, but their efforts have always failed to. reach 
the desired object. How different the subject stands in the 
United States, where we might say veterinary medicine has ex¬ 
isted only since yesterday, and where we find m many of our, 
States the veterinarian protected by sound and judicious legisla¬ 
tion. The registration of none but regular graduates, which is 
required in several of our States, the certificate of licenses which 
is to be obtained from boards of veterinary examiners, and with¬ 
out which the registration cannot take place, and the privileges 
that are granted only to those who are thus registered, is a con¬ 
dition of which the young American profession can be proud of 
when glancing at the present state of the old French veterinary 
science. In one of his excellent “ Chronicles,” in the Presse 
V'et'erinaire , we understand that Dr. U. Gamier intends to take 
advantage of the manner in which the veterinary profession is 
