American Veterinary Review, 
FEBRUARY, 1891. 
EDITORIAL. 
Human and Veterinary Medicine in the United States. —Progress and 
status of the veterinary profession—which are due to the united efforts of its 
members—and its intrinsic value—the resulting foundation of schools—the ob¬ 
ligations imposed upon such as science advanced—societies organized—impor¬ 
tance of the work at their meetings—veterinary press was started—its success 
and usefulness—and yet how peculiar the conduct of the human medical pro¬ 
fession—how veterinary graduates are treated by human medical organizations 
—how veterinary bodies act towards their medical relations—why ?—the differ¬ 
ence between this country and Europe. Editorial Notice. —Our crowded 
pages—prospective increase in the size of the Review. 
Human and Veterinary Medicine in the United 
States —The veterinary profession has in no respect fallen 
behind in the rapid march of development and expansion in 
which every branch of science, art and discovery has partic¬ 
ipated within the past thirty years. Nor can any one who 
intelligently compares its former status with the progress it 
has made and the rank which it now justly claims and hon¬ 
orably maintains among learned organizations, fail to appre¬ 
ciate the amount of labor which it has cost to achieve its pres¬ 
ent position, so creditable now and so largely promising of 
still better things to come. 
Perhaps the most remarkable feature of this notable 
growth and success lies in the fact of its recognition and utili¬ 
zation by members of the profession themselves, who have 
been forward and zealous in their acknowledgment of the im¬ 
portance and extent of the field of veterinary science and the 
