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meet with a different termination, and, in fact, we consider it 
to be a question of such vital importance to the veterinary pro¬ 
fession that we cannot refrain from expressing the hope that an 
effort may be made at once to obtain a reversal, by higher author¬ 
ity, of the decision of the lower jurisdiction. 
Material for the Review. —Our friends have been so liberal 
lately in furnishing matter for the columns of the Review that it 
has become impossible to accommodate them all in a single num¬ 
ber, and we are compelled by our limitations of space to post¬ 
pone a portion of their contributions until we have more room at 
our disposal. In our last number we began the publication of 
Dr. Williams’ report on the Maladie du Coit outbreak in Illinois, 
and we shall continue it until it is completed. We are sure that 
our readers will study this report with interest. Its completeness 
and thoroughness render it the best publication of its kind in the 
English language, and, as after all, there appears a probability 
that through the constant importation of animals which is now 
taking place on an extensive scale, the disease may soon reappear, 
if, indeed, it does not become naturalized among us. Dr. Wil¬ 
liams’ report cannot but prove a valuable source of information 
for those who have not yet become acquainted with the peculiar¬ 
ities of this very serious disease. 
A paper on the same subject as that for which the Review 
prize has just been granted to Dr. Eaquin, viz., “Mad Itch or 
Enzootic Meningitis of Cattle,” and which was presented and read 
by its author, Dr. J. Meyer, Sr., of Cincinnati, at the last meeting 
of the United States Veterinary Medical Association, is also wait¬ 
ing for its turn to appear. 
And last, but not least, we have a paper on the “ Rattleweed 
or Loco Disease,” by our friend Dr. J. P. Klench, which, we have 
no doubt, will be found to embody valuable information touching 
that peculiar affection. In a note accompanying his paper. Dr. 
Klench reports the formation of a veterinary society in California, 
and we tender, thereupon, our sincere compliments to our col¬ 
leagues in the Golden State. The Doctor tells us, however, that 
it requires hard, up-hill work to maintain it, which is to be re¬ 
gretted. The organization of such a body is a benefit to all inter- 
