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EDITORIAL. 
even became our agreeable duty to print the “ transactions ” of 
these learned bodies in the Review, for the benefit of our read¬ 
ers and whosoever might care for the discussion of the interesting 
topics which were offered for elucidation, in the form of original 
papers, reports of cases, and the like. For the last few months, 
however, we have heard no tidings from these societies. What is 
the cause of this silence ? Has the interest of their membership 
in questions of veterinary theory and practice subsided? Have 
the meetings failed in their numerical attendance, and has conse¬ 
quent dullness supervened ? Have they died as rapidly as they 
were born ? In fact, has their mortality exceeded their fecundity ? 
Where shall we look for an answer? Whatever may be the 
cause of the silence maintained by these State and county associ¬ 
ations, it is much to be regretted that the good which might have 
been anticipated from their active existence and from the publi¬ 
cation of their debates and reports, has not been realized. It is 
from sources such as these that the veterinary profession of 
America, as it now exists, must derive the material and the stim¬ 
ulus of its honorable existence ; and if it is to be well appreciated 
by the public here, or obtain recognition elsewhere in the world, 
it must thus cultivate itself and assert and maintain its right to 
be, and its power to make itself felt. 
We sincerely hope that this condition is not of a permanently 
lethargic nature, and that their speedy waking up will be quickly 
followed by a new life and revived activity, and a consequent 
praiseworthy acceleration in the scientific progress and achieve¬ 
ment which will result in advancing the profession in the estima¬ 
tion of the people to'a point not before dreamed of, though by 
no means unattainable. 
Bouley’s Monument. —Our French contemporaries announce 
the approaching expiration of the term fixed for the receipt of 
the subscription inaugurated throughout the world for the erec¬ 
tion of a monument to commemorate the memory of‘the greatest 
veterinarian of the age, the late Henry Bouley. In response to 
our invitation, American veterinarians have, to an estimable ex¬ 
tent, proved their appreciation of the project, and the American 
subscribers will be represented by a comparatively respectable 
