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Commonwealth enter and be among the first in the field, and we 
hope for as good a success as the peculiarity of the disease and 
Its similarity to that of the human race will allow. 
For the veterinarians of Massachusetts the action of the Cat¬ 
tle Commissioners will prove a boon which will serve to elevate 
hem in the public estimation as sanitarians, besides the benefits 
they must necessarily receive for the services that the 
Commissioners will be obliged to ask from them. 
A similar work was undertaken some time ago by the State 
of Maine, and our friend, State Veterinarian Geofge Baileyfwas 
. 6n seve > el y criticised for'his action towards Massachusetts; but 
he must feel amply satisfied to-day for the gratification given to 
his actions by the decision of the Springfield meeting. 
There is no doubt that the work in Massachusetts will be 
anxiously watched, not only by every State in the Union where 
tuberculosis exists, but also in those parts of Europe where the 
disease is so commonly observed. 
A Welcome notice.—W e have received the title of the 
translation of Friedberger and Frohner’s work on The Patholo¬ 
gy and Therapeutics of Domestic Animals, by Prof. W I 7ni11 
M.D., D.V.S., which states that the first volume will be ready 
about November 30th, and the second about January, 1895- and 
it is with pleasure that we make this announcement to our read¬ 
ers. It is with anxiety that we will await the time when the 
book will be issued, with our best wishes for the success of the 
work. 
For many of us, probably, the work is known only by name, 
as, unless one can read German or French, it must have been 
rought to our notice only through the reputations of the German 
authors, or by the remarks that we made when reviewing the 
French translation. 
This last we might say is a revised edition from the German, 
containing, as it does, valuable additions from the French trans- 
lators and critics, from one of the best veterinarians of France— 
Prof. Trasbot, the present director of the Alfort School. 
