INTERESTING PROFESSIONAL ITEMS. 
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Secretary Morton has well won the gladly conceded appro¬ 
bation of the veterinary profession in his decision, that the as¬ 
sistant of chief veterinarians shall be graduates of veterinary 
science, and no longer chosen from the laity. 
California, through the excellent work of her state veterinary 
organization, is doing yeoman work in veterinary sanitary agi¬ 
tation for the promulgation of laws in the interests of her peo¬ 
ple. Well-directed and oft-repeated will surely bring the much 
desired result. 
The officers of the County Veterinary Medical Society of 
New York are all strong representatives of the profession and 
will no doubt make a very efficient corps of workers. 
The “McKillip Veterinary College” of Chicago, will start 
out as a two-term school of twenty-four weeks each. What a 
pity it could not have been the pioneer of the most extended 
course of veterinary education in North America when its geo¬ 
graphical location was so well adapted for such a movement. 
President Hoskins, of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association, was elected an honorary member of the new asso¬ 
ciation in New York City. 
New Orleans Board of Health has a veterinarian attached 
to her staff. A little while longer and there will be few boards 
without them. 
The United States Veterinary Medical Association now has 
representatives in thirty-eight states of the union. This is a 
gain of fifty per cent, in six years. 
Since the recent sanitary commotion at Harrisburg, Pa., 
some 400 of the 800 boroughs in the state have organized local 
boards of health, a number of which have already appointed 
veterinarians as members of their staffs. 
