American Veterinary Review. * 
SEPTEMBER, 1895. 
EDITORIAL 
New York State Veterinary Examining Board—A 
Remedy Yet Remains. —In the August issue of this journal 
we considered, at some length, the action of the State Veter¬ 
inary Society in giving to the Board of Regents a list of ten 
names, that they might make a selection of five, to constitute 
the new Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners under the 
recent law placing the licensing of candidates from the var¬ 
ious seats of learning in the State in the custody of the Regents. 
We were disposed to criticise the action of the State Soci¬ 
ety as a serious blunder, though not a thoughtless mistake, as 
it was shown to have been accomplished after deliberation, 
and in the face of a strong opposition—so strong, indeed, that 
with the morning attendance it was resolved to exclude 
teachers from the list; and those members who had attended 
the meeting for the purpose of voting against the admission 
of teachers upon the Board felt that their object had been ac¬ 
complished, and all but one or two departed from the hall and 
did not again return. When the Society reassembled after 
lecess a new count of noses took place, which revealed the 
fact 'that the opponents were in a minority, and then followed 
a transaction which we are glad to say only a few members 
ol the profession in New York State were participants in. 
ELEVEN MEMBERS {seven of whom wereplaced in nomina¬ 
tion and four of whom have actually been appointed) proceeded 
to rescind the action of the full morning meeting, and had the 
whole morning session expunged from the minutes, so that 
upon the books of the Society it does not appear that there 
