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EDITORIAL. 
ciation of the work done by the American Veterinary College by 
authorizing the acquisition of property to the amount of 
$150,000 by that school. Perhaps it ought to be considered that 
it is doing pretty well to obtain in two years two special legislative 
acts for an institution which, it is said by some of its friends (?) 
has no right to grant diplomas. 
Correction. —An error seems to have occurred in one of our 
recent issues, in our remarks touching the amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States Veterinary Medical Associ- 
tion, offered by Professor Michener, in which we stated that the 
Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association was the only one 
in the country which restricted its membership to regular 
graduates. Dr. Paquin writes a letter requesting a correction of 
this statement, from which we learn that the Missouri Veterinary 
Medical Association has always respected this wholesome rule) 
and is wholly made up of genuine graduates. His letter will be 
found on another page. 
Notice. —We have received this month a very large number of 
communications complaining of the non-receipt of our May 
number by our subscribers. We are at a loss for an explanation 
of this default, as the May Review has been regularly mailed to 
every one who had notified us to renew his subscription. And 
in relation to this matter, we will say that the Review is always 
mailed between the second and the fifth of each month. If not 
received in due season after the period designated, inquiry ought 
to be made at once at our office, or of the mail authorities. 
certificates of soundness. 
To the Editor of the Herald : 
A man buys a horse on the faith of a veterinary surgeon’s certificate that the 
horse is sound. The buyer soon discovers that the horse is not sound and was 
not at the time of purchase, and that he (the buyer) is the victim of either ignor¬ 
ance or wilful misrepresentation on the part of the veterinary whom he has em¬ 
ployed. Does the law afford any recourse against a veterinary under these 
circumstances ? Ignorant. 
The above inquiry was addressed to the Herald a short time 
ago and received a proper answer from the editors of that valuable 
paper. Of all the specialties which belong to the practice of the 
veterinarian there are probably none which is more important to 
