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EDITORIAL. 
est are announced, and the names of those that are to deliver 
addresses more than suffice to give assurance as to the inter¬ 
est of the meeting. And besides—we may say it between us 
— we understand that other papers than those already offici¬ 
ally on the programme may be presented by gentlemen who 
for the present desire to remain unknown. There are talks 
on ophthalmology, on ethics as a means to elevate the pro¬ 
fession, etc.; and to all these are to be added the discussions 
which were postponed from the last meeting. 
How long is that meeting to last, Mr. Secretary? You 
have failed to tell us. Your programme is a little incomplete 
on that score. But no matter, the meeting promises to be a 
great affair, and the dreams indulged in years ago concerning 
the great prospects of the Association appear to be approach¬ 
ing realization. The United States Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation has a great future before it. The consolidation of 
its forces was began in Chicago, and is going to be firmly 
completed in Washington. To what importance it may at¬ 
tain in connection with the future welfare and advancement 
of the profession no one can tell, but it must in a few years 
occupy a position much superior to that of any similar body 
of the Old World. 
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association now promises to be the largest gathering of veterinarians ever held 
in the United States. The most aggressive work has been done by the Eastern, 
Central and Western States Secretaries, and from all sections come evidences of 
such widespread interest as will make this meeting a memorable occasion in the 
history of the Association. 
One of the richest programmes ever offered will afford interest and enjoy¬ 
ment to every member of the profession. To the papers already announced on 
“ Sterility or Barren Mares,” by Dr. C. C. Lyford, and a paper by Dr. Brydeu, 
of Boston, there will be added one on “ Rachitis,” by Dr. W. L. Williams, of 
Bloomington, Illinois, and his work in the scientific field of labor for our pro¬ 
fession is a rich guarantee for a good paper of interest to all. Another paper 
entitled “ Identification of Animals,” by Prof. R. S. Iiuidekoper, a subject of great 
interest in view of the remarkable advance of values wrapped up in the tquiue 
species of to-day, and its bearing in relation to heredity and breeding, will afford 
a rich entertainment for those present. 
The discussion postponed at Chicago on the paper of Prof. A. Liautard, rel¬ 
ative to veterinary jurisprudence, as it applies to “ Warranty and Soundness,” 
and the need to-day in America of better and more uniform laws relative to the 
responsibility of the veterinarian, the seller and the purchaser, is of such growing 
