OCTOBER, 1894. 
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EDITORIAL. 
United States Veterinary Medical Association._ 
The 31st annual anniversary of the national organization, was 
held in Philadelphia on the 18th, 19th and 20th of last month, 
in the amphitheatre of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and 
though our notice can be but brief, we feel it our duty to call the 
attention of our readers to that event. 
The association having of late assumed entire charge of the 
publication of the transactions, minutes, papers and discussions, 
it. is not possible for us to do anything better than to ask our 
.friends to have patience and wait until the complete publication 
is issued. 
As far as we can say, however, the meeting was a success. 
The committee of arrangements had things well prepared and 
the meeting was officially opened by an address delivered by 
the Mayor of Philadelphia, Hon. Edwin S. Stuart, to a rather 
tlnn audience of the veterinarians of the United States. The 
meeting then went to regular business, and according to the 
piogiamme laid out, the report of the regular committees occu¬ 
pied the first day of the meeting. We understood that the re¬ 
port of the committee on intelligence and education was the 
best that had ever been presented, and that Dr. Carey, (we 
believe) the chairman, deserved a great deal of credit for the 
able manner in which he handled the subject. 
