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EDITORIALS. 
tion matters of no little importance to the elevation of the vet¬ 
erinary profession, we think it will not be out of place in 
suggesting the subject of the creation of a chair of Veterinary 
Deontology as one of the most important. Younger men in the 
profession have almost an excuse for mistakes in complying 
with the requirements of a code of ethics of which they have 
heard nothing until they graduate. They are likely to drop in 
errors in following the doings of their predecessors, or their 
teachers, or perhaps of their alma mater. 
Perhaps it will be thought hard for us to speak as we do, 
for after all this is not the only country where breaches of ethics 
are observed. English periodicals give us now and then articles 
of complaints of similar nature. No doubt the same state of 
affairs exists on the Continent; but across the Atlantic these 
may be excused—they are part of their organization, they exist 
since the birth of the veterinary profession over there, and on 
that account cannot be abolished readily. But here, where 
veterinary science is scarcely born, where it is young anyhow, 
it cannot be hard to do away with the tendency which shows 
itself, and, in fact, it can readily be gotten rid of if a good 
example is set by those to whom the younger generation is 
looking. Less humbug on this point will bring on wise imita¬ 
tion and better etiquette on the part of the others. 
Meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical 
ASSOCIATION. —The issue of September has always been for us 
a good opportunity to remind veterinarians of this country of 
the anniversary meeting of the United States Veterinary Med¬ 
ical Association. In our last number we published a letter from 
the worthy president in relation to the meeting, which we had 
received previous to our vacation and before the official notice 
of the secretary was in our hands, and to which we may add 
the information that Dr. L. McLean of Brooklyn will read a 
paper on “Horse Shoeing.” 
Imperfect as our present remembrance is, let us call the 
attention of our readers to the fact that on the 3d Tuesday of 
this month, at Philadelphia, the anniversary of the United 
