American Veterinary Review. 
SEPTEMBER, 1889 . 
EDITORIAL. 
Re-opening of ouk Veterinary Schools. —After vacation the good work 
begins again—the veterinary practitioner of twenty-five years ago—the veteri¬ 
nary surgeon of to-day—the work of veterinary colleges—their duties in the 
past—their obligations in the future—the need of strictly veterinary education 
—the motto “constant improvement.” Iowa State Veterinary Association. 
—The second annual meeting—prospects of a good gathering—papers of interest 
to be presented. A New Veterinary School.— The Maryland University adds 
a veterinary department—The veterinarians connected with it— Death of Dr. E. 
F. Thayer. Army Veterinarians. —The efforts of the Review in their behalf— 
The penal recompense for our labors—another letter on the need of reform 
—The United States Veterinary Medical Association and its committee—is the 
chairman so guilty after all—the duties that are imposed upon the Association 
and on veterinarians—bill to be proposed—its discussion in the Review asked 
for. 
Re-opening of Our Veterinary Schools. —The month 
of October will soon resume its place upon the calendar, and 
the return from rural sequestration to their chairs in our med¬ 
ical schools of the members of the various faculties, and the 
influx of the crowds (?) of actual and expectant matriculants to 
their benches and class-rooms, will once more remind us of the 
labor and achievement which are to fill out the winter months, 
and recruit and strengthen the great veterinary army of the 
future. Twenty-five years ago, in the United States, the title 
of veterinarian surgeon was almost completely ignored, and 
the notion that any necessary special training, or even an or¬ 
dinarily good school education were indispensible prerequi¬ 
sites for a successful veterinary practice had not been evolved, 
much less developed. But to-day the veterinary school is 
