EDITORIAL. 
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ence, so long as they contribute their aid to the common great 
object of working in behalf of the animal wealth of our country. 
Sacrificed to Professional Duty. —An item of news of a 
most afflictive kind has reached us, which, though we reluctantly 
record it, we cannot avoid hoping most sincerely may prove 
to have been exaggerated beyond the fact, and that we may soon 
have the satisfaction of correcting it. It is to the effect that Dr. 
Paul Paquin, the young State Veterinarian of Missouri, and who 
has for some time been making himself favorably known to his 
professional brethren by his scientific work, and a series of in¬ 
teresting investigations, has written to inform us that he has been 
attacked with an illness of the most alarming kind, and that he 
himself, as well as his physician in attendance, have been com¬ 
pelled to admit the conviction that he is doomed to close his 
mortal career as a victim to the fatal infection of: glanders. The 
doctor, who, we believe, has moved for treatment to the Hot 
Springs of Arkansas, seems to be nearly certain of his diagnosis, 
and that, to us who know the prognosis in such a case, has a fear¬ 
ful meaning. Let us hope that in the account which we have 
received, we may be justified in ignoring the process of inocula¬ 
tion ascribed as the cause of the blood poisoning, and that we 
may at an early date be authorized to an nounce that the veter¬ 
inary profession is not yet to be called to lament the death of 
our young compeer as a martyr to his professional duties. 
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Complaints. —We have received several letters complaining 
bitterly of the irregular delivery of the Review. We have in all 
cases carefully inquired into the causes of the irregularity, and of 
course, as usual in similar cases, have failed to discover the true 
cause. We are not to blame ourselves, of course, nor are the post- 
office agents ! “ Can we remedy the evil ? ” is the question. We be¬ 
lieve that if our friends, one and all, would write plainly on a 
postal card, their full name, full address, street and number, 
and when possible, post-office number when there is one, a great 
deal of this trouble would be avoided. Let us try it. 
