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EDITORIAL. 
an association a quarter of a century old, yet it was probably an 
occasion of more interest than its last predecessor, held in the 
same place. If some little time was needlessly lost (which was 
literally the fact) in the early session, after the reading of the 
reports of the various committees, the afternoon session, though 
unfortunately a short one, was made interesting by the excellent 
papers read by Professor Huidekoper and our esteemed friend 
Dr. J. C. Meyer, Sr. The most important action of the meeting 
was, we believe, the disposition made of the suggestions of Drs. 
L. McLean and Liautard, to delegate a committee to the meeting 
of the American Medical Association in order to call the atten¬ 
tion of that body to the prevalence of tuberculosis in the United 
States, and to suggest means of guarding against its dangers. 
The United States Veterinary Medical Association, without 
question, contains within itself all the necessary elements of use¬ 
fulness, and possesses ample power for the achievement of active 
progress in its sphere of operation, and there is no good reason 
why the record of its anniversary meetings should show such a 
lack of valuable and successful research and performance. 
If the annual meetings in New York cannot provide matters 
of as much interest as the semi-annual gatherings in Poston, Phil¬ 
adelphia and Baltimore bring forward, and they ought to do 
more, let the officers try to discover the cause and suggest a rem¬ 
edy. If necessary, let it be even an heroic one, such as a change 
in the place of the regular anniversary meeting. While this 
would no doubt be regretted by nearly all, yet it should be done 
rather than suffer the members to lose entirely wffiat little in¬ 
terest they may still retain in the repute and existence of our 
only national veterinary organization. 
The next semi-annual meeting will be held in Boston at the 
usual time—the third Tuesday in March. 
Legislation and Medical Education. —The Medical Record 
of September 15th, in an article in its editorial columns, calls the 
attention of its readers to a paper read before the Health De¬ 
partment of the American Social Science Association by the able 
counsel of the New York State and County Medical Societies, 
Mi\ W. A. Purrington, relating to the important subject of legis 
