American Veterinary Review. 
OCTOBER, 1896. 
EDITORIAL, 
THE BUFFALO VETERINARY CONVENTIONS. 
For the past few months our editorial pages have constantly 
referred to the above events. On some occasions we spurred 
the officials, for fear that some of the details for that perfect suc¬ 
cess which was every member’s earnest wish, might be omitted ; 
finally, in the last words that we were permitted to speak to our 
readers before the assembling of the hosts we became specula¬ 
tive, predicting a large outpouring of members and a most 
enthusiastic meeting. This month we become realistic, and 
can now speak of what did occur. To say that the meeting 
was a success from every standpoint does not give the reader 
who for one reason or another was prevented from attending a 
correct impression of the kind of success that it was. If we pile 
up adjectives in front of the word “success,” such as “great,” 
“grand,” “pronounced,” etc., we doubt if we can convey to his 
mind the fact that it was superior in every sense to all other 
meetings of the United States Veterinary Medical Association 
that has ever been held since its birth thirty-three years ago. 
Many things conspired to accomplish this. Intellectually, so¬ 
cially and progressively it was such a meeting as would be 
looked for and hoped for from all the higher elements of the 
profession of veterinary medicine in the United States. There 
can be 110 doubt but that this association is becomings an author- 
itative body upon State medicine ; its deliberations are largely 
made up of the consideration of diseases and conditions which 
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