EDITORIAL. 
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there may remain much to be learned. The experiments 
that have been, and are still carried on abroad and at home, 
may bring sufficient light on the subject to justify the hopes 
conceived at the beginning, and, with the writer just re¬ 
ferred to, we may say, “ tuberculin must leave the arsenal 
of the practitioner and return to the experimental laboratory, 
from which it made a premature exit.” 
Professional Compliments to a Veterinarian. —If 
there is a personal, private satisfaction in doing a good work, 
this is undoubtedly considerably increased where, compara¬ 
tively speaking, public acknowledgment of the appreciation 
of this work is granted to its author. And for this reason 
our friend, Prof. Huidekoper, has good reason to feel proud 
of the action taken recently by the veterinarians of Philadel¬ 
phia in showing him their appreciation of his work in behalf 
of the profession since he has joined its ranks. Prof. Huide¬ 
koper was recently the guest of the veterinarians of Pennsyl¬ 
vania at a dinner offered him by those gentlemen on the oc¬ 
casion of the change he has made in his new field of labor to 
New York City. The occasion must have been an enjoy¬ 
able one, and we heartily congratulate our friend for the 
compliments he received on that occasion, and which none 
better than ourselves can appreciate, knowing all that he has 
done for the profession, not only in his own State, but in the 
country at large, and above all for the Veterinary Depart¬ 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania. We regret that the 
proceedings of this little ceremony reached us at so late an 
hour as to oblige us to postpone their publication until next 
issue. 
Prof. F. S. Billings, V.M.—Among the most recent 
news of interest which we have to record, that of the reap¬ 
pointment of Prof. F. S. Billings to the University of Nebras¬ 
ka, in the capacity occupied by him some time ago, will be 
accepted by many as gratifying. Energetic as we know him, 
hard worker as he has proved himself, some very interesting 
works can be looked for which may prove of great value in 
these days of bacteriology. 
