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EDITORIAL. 
identification of the organization with the interests, the progress 
and the improvement and elevation of American veterinary 
science. 
We have sometimes, of course, found occasion to animadvert 
upon some of the proceedings and positions of the Association, 
and have at times criticised them quite sharply for an apparent 
lethargy of movement. But if we have been guilty in this re¬ 
spect, we have, on the other hand, never neglected the opportuni¬ 
ties which have presented themselves to do them justice, and to 
work with them harmoniously for the same common object, viz : 
Creating and sustaining a truly Americanized veterinary profes¬ 
sion, in whatever comprehensive national sense the phrase may be 
interpreted. The progress of American veterinary literature lias' 
probably been more laggard than that of any of the departments 
or interests pertaining to our peculiar guild, although the impor¬ 
tance of a thorough cultivation of this department of our science 
is too obvious to call for argument or illustration. If for example, 
the essays, clinical reports and other professional papers of, say 
the last score of years, were collected and collated, how poor a 
show would it all make ! The Review, within its limited sphere, 
labors to the extent of its power to bring about and maintain a 
better state of things in this respect, and we are always glad to 
take advantage of the occasions which are offered by the meetings 
of such of our veterinary societies as can be reached and made 
available in this behalf. One and all, moreover, the army of pri¬ 
vate veterinary practitioners of the country, are made more than 
welcome to our columns whenever they may choose to communi¬ 
cate in public with their brethren, upon any subject of genuine 
and general interest to the professional community. Our readers 
can judge for themselves as to the extent to which the hospitality 
of our columns has been thus far accepted. 
The semi-annual meeting of the National Association which 
occurred in March last, proved to be one amongst many of the 
richest we ever attended, in the material of its composition and 
the value of its results, and the pleasure experienced by us on 
that very agreeable trip is one of the reminiscences with which 
our memory will not lightly part. We were fortunate enough 
