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EDITORIAL. 
containing numerous complaints made by veterinarians against 
members of their own profession. For some it is the cutting of 
rates of fee, for another the manoeuvres used to obtain patrons, 
for this one the intimate familiarity which is commonly observed 
between veterinarians and the employees of horse owners, and 
what not. It is certain that all the subjects complained of de¬ 
serve attention, and ought to be remedied. But how can it be 
done? There are so many excuses which would be presented 
by those who are guilty of unprofessional doings. These are 
found almost everywhere. We are not worse than other nations, 
and we are pretty certain that what is done in America, where 
the profession is young, is done in Europe, where it is old. And 
yet it is not proper. We have already alluded to this subject 
in various connections, and we must now, in answer to our cor¬ 
respondents of to-day, repeat what we have already said: ignor¬ 
ance of the obligations of professional conduct cannot be wiped 
out until intended professional men are educated as to what 
their duties will be when once in the profession. Good examples 
set by some will do good, it is true, but before these can be 
followed, how many temptations to do wrong will be offered. 
We do not know of any mode of remedying that state of 
affairs but to urge our veterinary colleges to establish a course 
of deontology in their curriculum as one of the important factors 
in their improvement of veterinary education. 
Veterinary Meat Inspection. —In previous issues we have 
offered our readers letters relating to the subject of sanitary or 
meat inspection by veterinarians in this country, and have laid 
before them in one of our last numbers a long article on the 
subject from the pen of our chief of Bureau of Animal Industry, 
Dr. D. E. Salmon. 
Without entering into the consideration of the letters which 
we have published, but always watchful of what good efforts 
might be made in that direction, we have read in that excellent 
paper, the Breeder s Gazette , the following article, which shows, 
after all, that if we are not yet perfect, we are working to attain 
