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EDITORIAL. 
class of manifestations of injury by lightning, so often observed 
in the human sufferer, be witnessed in animals as w T ell ? 
The case described in the present number of the Review must, 
for a variety of reasons, prove to be of unusual iuterest to the 
professional reader, since, besides the fact of the great money 
value and “ professional ” renown, in his own sphere, of the 
“ individual ” patient whose case, is involved, it also describes a 
case of injuries incurred while enjoying indoor shelter, and thus 
affords us an opportunity of presenting the student with such a 
detail of symptoms and manifestations as greatly to facilitate a 
comparison between the phenomena occurring under similar con¬ 
ditions in the human and the animal subjects respectively. 
Governmental Aid to French Veterinary Schools.— 
From the budget of the Minister of Agriculture we learn that 
the support given by France in the direction of veterinary educa¬ 
tion per annum is as follows: For the staff of the veterinary 
schools, 432,800 francs ($86,560); material for these schools, 
566,000 francs ($113,200); making a total of nearly $200,000. 
Add to this 157,800 francs ($31,560) for the suppression of cat¬ 
tle diseases, and 460,000 francs ($92,000) as indemnity for the 
slaughter of diseased or exposed animals, and we have an aggre¬ 
gate of about $323,560 as the entire cost to the Republic of the 
regulation of veterinary matters. 
Whether all this expenditure is wisely made will be widely 
questioned. The policy of government subsidies is popular only 
in this country amongst those who profit by the subsidies, and he 
will be a very old man who lives long enough in our Republic to 
see Congress voting money to pay the expenses of individual citi¬ 
zens in acquiring an education which is to fit them to obtain a 
livelihood in any civic business or profession, whether as teacher 
or learner. 
We would not intimate that the veterinary profession is any 
too liberally treated and respectfully regarded by our governing 
powers, State or National, but we are not prepared to ask for 
payment from the public treasury of the salaries of our college 
professors or for the equine cadavers used up in anatomical 
demonstrations. 
