NOVEMBER, 1894. 
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EDITORIAL. 
Societe Centrale de Medecine Veterinaire. — We 
have received a notice of and invitation to be present at the 
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of this society—the Veter¬ 
inary Society of France at least, if not of the world—for among 
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its members are found the names of veterinarians from every 
part of the globe. 
It was with much regret that we could not accept of the 
kind call sent to us by the officers of the society—no doubt 
when among the exercises of the day we read of a discourse by 
President Sanson, of one by Mr. Leblane on the life of Henry 
Bouley, of one of Prof. Arloing and one from Prof. Degives, the 
cream of the elite of the continental veterinary world, we felt 
how great our loss would be and how great our pleasure would 
have been, but how could we help it. 
We hope, however, to receive some concise comptes rendns 
of this great meeting, and to present them to our readers, for it 
matters little whether this is a celebration in France—it is to all 
veterinarians who appreciate the value of the. services rendered 
by such organization which has been recognized as one of 
