EDITORIAL. 
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has been no veterinary organization in existence where scien¬ 
tific or professional subjects could be presented or discussed. 
It was, therefore, with a feeling of relief and with some hopes, 
and the best of wishes for its success, that we learned of the 
organization of the new State Society, and with pleasure that 
we published the news of the new departure taken by the 
veterinarians of Western New York, and of the events which 
transpired at the meetings held January and July last and 
January of the present year. 
While looking for a notice of the second semi-annual meet¬ 
ing, which was to have been held this month, we received 
the following letter from Dr. N. P. Hinkley, the Secretary, 
which explains itself : 
“It has been decided by the officers of the New York 
State Veterinary Medical Society to postpone the holding of 
the semi-annual meeting of the Society until Wednesday, 
August 12th, 1891, at 9 o’clock, A. M. It has also been de¬ 
cided to hold the meeting in New York City in order to ac¬ 
commodate the members from the eastern part of the State, 
and to comply with the requests of several veterinarians of 
New York and Brooklyn, who are taking considerable interest 
in matters pertaining to veterinary legislation, as brought be¬ 
fore the annual meeting of the Society in January, 1891.” 
We hope to be able in our next issue to print the program 
of the meeting, and we take this opportunity to urge our New 
York colleagues to take advantage of this gathering of veteri¬ 
narians and to turn the occasion to the best possible account. 
They can make it available for much good if they will only 
take the right course. 
Prof. C. B. Michener, D.V.S., Assistant Chief of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry.—Some men appear to be made 
of such solid material that no amount of hard work seems 
able to impair their stamina or produce any injurious effect 
on their general constitution. Others, again, of less resistant 
vis, though sometimes propelled by great impulsive energy 
and will-power, at last break down suddenly and collapse at 
once from sheer inability to go on , and are compelled to stop 
in order to recuperate and rebuild shaken health. This last 
