American Veterinary Review, 
FEBRUARY, 1893. 
EDITORIAL. 
United States Veterinary Medical Association.— 
Who would have dreamed some twenty odd years ago of the 
success which has been, in fact, achieved by this Association, 
or of the important influence which its members have wielded 
on subjects pertaining to the general welfare of the veteri¬ 
nary profession of America? And yet, notwithstanding 
iwhat may justly be termed the heterogeneous characters of 
the elements, it has by a steady progression, year by year, at 
each successive meeting, improved both in its composition 
and its work, and the resulting augmentation of its import¬ 
ance and value as a central source of influence, that to-day it 
has not only become the accepted representative body of the 
veterinary profession of America, but has acquired such a 
weight of authority as to enable it to initiate and establish a 
movement towards which for years many veterinarians have 
vainly (because singly) worked, to wit: the establishment upon 
i permanent foundation of an advanced and uniform standard 
Df education for veterinarians in the United States. The re¬ 
mit of this labor of a little over twenty years is that at the 
Dresent time hundreds of qualified veterinarians are answer- 
ng the roll calls, and that the day is rapidly near when a 
:ertificate of membership in the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association will be as proud a title as any that can 
3 e desired within the purview of our profession. 
During the present year, the Association will avail itself 
