American Veterinary Review, 
AUGUST, 1892 . 
EDITORIAL, 
United States Veterinary Medical Association.— 
Some twenty-nine years ago a few of the veterinarians and 
ractitioners of the Eastern States came together and or- 
anized the United States Veterinary Medical Association, 
nd since that period this organization, one of the earliest—if 
ot in fact the first—in the country, has persevered steadily in 
:s work, until to-day it has reached a position which entitles 
; to be considered one of the most efficient and useful bodies 
f its kind in the country, and upon which veterinarians may 
ot only look with pride for what it has been in the past, but 
*om which they may largely anticipate the inauguration, in 
le future, of measures calculated to contribute to the eleva- 
on of the profession, and its consequent usefulness and 
onor. Originally organized almost wholly by members re¬ 
ding in the Eastern States, its limited roll of membership 
as been enlarged, until it numbers to-day over 250, and 
s constitution and by-laws have been adopted and imitated 
3 the guide of professional activity and co-operation in nearly 
very State in the Union. From a comparatively insignifi- 
int body, it has become a powerful institution, and the in- 
uence it wields is now recognized and felt by all well-mean- 
ig veterinarians in every portion of the land. 
The success which has been achieved by the Association 
due to the working-spirit of its entire membership, and the 
Tciency of the labor thus contributed must be largely attrib- 
ted to the good judgment of the various official boards 
