EDITORIAL. 
745 
Prof. Liautard did sail for France, having completed his 
course of lectures for the session; but his stay in France is 
not to be indefinite; he has simply gone to bring Mme. Liau¬ 
tard to America, she having been spending the winter with 
relatives in Paris, and their return is shortly expected. Neith¬ 
er has Professor Bell assumed the functions of the Dean of 
the. American Veterinary College, Professor Coates having 
been elected to act in that capacity until Dr. Liautard’s re¬ 
turn. Dr. Bell, however, will, at the beginning of Volume 
XX (April), assume joint control of the Review with Dr. 
Liautard. It is expected that this acquisition will be greatly 
to the advantage of this journal, as he has had a'large experi¬ 
ence in literary and journalistic life. 
Condition of Veterinary Legislation in New 
York State. —Scarcely ever has the adage “eternal vigi¬ 
lance is the price of liberty ” proven more exact in its appli¬ 
cation than occurs in relation to veterinary legislation in this 
State. If the legislative committees of our veterinary medi¬ 
cal associations were not constantly on the alert for the appear¬ 
ance of new amendments to our hard-earned laws, the original 
framers of the statutes would not in a short time be able to 
recognize the fruits of their own labors. Every little while 
some obscure member of the State Assembly, to gratify one 
or more of his constituents, introduces into that body some 
act which, under various disguises, seeks and often becomes 
a State law. And, while disinterested members are careless 
and allow them to pass, the father of the bill gets a little 
cheap notoriety for his smartness, and the thanks of the bene¬ 
ficiary—it matters not that the evil there sown will be more 
far-reaching and disastrous than can be counterbalanced by a 
decade of wise legislation. It is hard to explain upon satis¬ 
factory lines the composition of a Member of Assembly who 
would have the effrontery to perform such a service for the 
plaudits of such a constituency against the interests and the 
very life of so vast and honorable a body of men as constitute 
.the legal veterinary profession of New York State. Yet 
this was done on January 16th, by Mr. C. C. Cole, in the New 
