American Veterinary Review, 
JANUARY, 1892 . 
EDITORIAL. 
“Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown.”— 
How often must this Shakesperian adage quote itself to the 
“ mmd ’ s ear ” of our friend, the worthy Chief of the Bureau 
of Animal Industry, and how often he must wish that his 
work, or that of his assistants, might be of less importance, 
and create less interest amongst veterinarians or others, who 
for purely scientific reasons, are carefully watching the man¬ 
ner in which he is meeting his responsibilities, and how com- 
mendably he exerts himself to accomplish, in a manner satis¬ 
factory to all, the trust reposed in him. 
In an account of the last “ Echoes of the Convention,” of the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association, it was wisely 
remarked “ that the Bureau seemed to be the friendly target 
of all chairmen and some essayists”; but true as this is, the 
Chief of the Bureau, Dr. E. Salmon, is always on the alert, 
able to defend himself, and ready with a reply to all objec¬ 
tions alleged against himself personally, and his records, or 
those of the Bureau staff. 
In our present issue we publish a reply from the Doctor 
to some of the criticisms made by the chairman of the Com¬ 
mittee on Intelligence and Education, Dr. A. Peters, in his 
report, and to render the matter more intelligible we insert 
below an extract from the report itself, without waiting for 
the publication ol the entire transactions of the meeting, to be 
printed in compliance with the vote of the Association. Our 
