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EDITORIAL. 
lover of veterinary science who, at the creation of a board of 
health in one of the large cities of the East, suggested the 
wisdom and advantage of including veterinarians among the 
number of its appointees. Yet to-day, every board of health, 
whether of city or of State, which can claim a right to be con 
sidered a complete and practicable organization, has its vete 
rinary officers and inspectors, who are indeed their most efh 
cient and influential members and upon whom usually fall the 
burdens of labor and responsibility, when epidemics occur, 
or other occasions arise which test the value and demand the 
interposition, while they illustrate the necessity of the exist¬ 
ence, of these extra creations of sanitary precaution. 
These remarks are partly apropos of the new appointment 
by the State of Indiana of which we have just heard, of a 
comparatively recent graduate, Dr. M. E. Knowles, who has 
been commissioned as State Veterinarian for that common¬ 
wealth. Our knowledge of Dr. Knowles authorizes the ex¬ 
pression of our confidence in his character and his ability as 
a young, energetic and competent, veterinarian, who will 
render good service to the State which has honored him. 
There ought to be published somewhere an authenticated 
and properly managed directory containing the names of all 
the State, Territorial and other official veterinarians in the 
land, and we improve the occasion to request such of our 
brethren as are occupying such positions, to furnish the 
Review with their names and addresses for classification and 
preservation. Reference, professional comity and mutual 
communication for purposes of common interest and conveni¬ 
ence may be greatly facilitated by such a measure. Who will 
second the motion ? 
Important Notice. —We have frequently received com¬ 
plaints of the failure of the Review to reach the proper par¬ 
ties. This would imply on our part a carelessness unworthy 
of our patronage and a loose manner of doing business that 
we desire to defend ourselves from. We have, however, 
made inquiries into the causes of the non-delivery, and in the 
great majority of cases, have found the following reasons: 
either an imperfect address ; and at times a wrong address ; or 
