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EDITORIAL. 
frere , Professor A. Degive. Some years ago the veterinary pro¬ 
fession was elated over the election of Henri Bouley to the 
Presidency of the Academy of Sciences in Paris. This year our 
confreres in Belgium have just been celebrating the election of 
Director Degive to the Presidency of the Royal Academy of 
Medicine of Belgium, and he has received the promotion of Offi¬ 
cer of the Leopold Order. On the occasion of these double 
honors a professional manifestation, organized by the Belgian 
veterinary federation, took place on December 15th, and on the 
occasion a magnificent bust of Professor Degive was presented 
to him in one of the large rooms of the veterinary school before 
an immense number of Belgian veterinarians, with government 
representatives, members of the 'teaching faculty, and all the 
students of the college. Among the several speeches that were 
delivered one by Mr. Brouwier attracted much attention, as he 
referred to the past life of the distinguished recipient, to his 
endeavors in behalf of veterinary science, to his efforts to im¬ 
prove veterinary education, and to the numerous works that he 
had contributed to the literature of veterinary medicine. The 
whole ceremony was one expression of unanimous appreciation, 
and that it was a reward well deserved—of an honor to one to 
whom honor was due. 
The two above-mentioned recognitions of the value of the 
services rendered by two men in the performance of scientific 
duties speak well for those who were the receivers of the same; 
both of them have said, it was not to the individual that the 
honor was granted, but to the profession that they represented. 
Perhaps. H. Bouley, in his modesty, accepted the honor placed 
upon him as for the profession he represented. Fleming and 
Degive, in their modesty, may say also that if the profession 
had not made the progress it has its value could not be appreci¬ 
ated as it is. That is true ; but if it were not for men like the 
three we name here, who have been and are the standard-bearers 
of the profession, who devoted their time and their life to the 
onward push of veterinary science, it may be asked, would she 
have made the advances and the progress that she has ? We 
