American Veterinary Review, 
OCTOBEK, 1890 . 
EDITORIAL. 
United States Vetekinary Medical Association. —Twenty-seventh an¬ 
niversary meeting—the day of consolidation—the National Association is estab¬ 
lished beyond doubt—all passed harmoniously—pleasant receptions—the welfare 
of the profession was at stake, hence the success of the meeting—large assembly 
of veterinarians—fifteen States represented—New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine 
and Connecticut absent—meeting of the Comitia Minora always slow and late— 
reception by Dr. Williams of Illinois—forty-two new members elected—a few 
dropped—the committees for once all ready to report—the election of officers 
confirms the desire of the members for friendship and harmonious work—the 
reading of the papers listened to by over one hundred members—interesting 
discussions follow—the banquet—numerous good toasts, well answered—our con¬ 
dolences to absent friends— no revision of the by-laws. 
United States Veterinary Medical Association.— 
The twenty-seventh anniversary meeting has been held ; the 
day of consolidation has passed and the fact of consolidation 
is accomplished. The veterinarians of both the East and the 
West have met in Chicago, and as the gratifying result of 
this meeting the Association has at last confirmed its right to 
the title assumed in 1863, at the Astor House in New York, 
and has established beyond doubt the fact that it was indeed 
a National Association, and all of this has been accom¬ 
plished not only without the slightest difficulty, but with the 
manifestation of a spirit of concord and harmony of feeling 
such as has never before been exhibited in this country by the 
members of a profession who have hitherto been almost en¬ 
tirely lacking in community of interests and sympathy of senti¬ 
ment, and personally comparative strangers one to another. It 
