American Veterinary Review, 
OCTOBER, 1889 . 
EDITORIAL 
Our Embarrassments. —Dilemma hard to solve—our summer vacation (?)— 
large amount of material in hand—crowd of interesting subjects—we must post¬ 
pone their consideration, or our readers suffer—time is wanted. Army Veteri¬ 
nary Legislation. —We cannot, however, present ourselves before our friends 
without a word on that subject—Dr. Griffin’s communication—the new bill of¬ 
fered—suggestions as to its passing Congress—cash may be necessary—let a fund 
be established and placed in the hands of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association—we shall be pleased to hear responses on the subject and gladly open 
the subscription list. American Public Health Association. —The meeting 
takes place this month. 
Our Embarrassments. —We find ourselves just now con¬ 
fronted by the worst dilemma it has been our fortune to 
encounter since the beginning of our editorial life and experi¬ 
ence. Returning home from beyond the ocean, after what 
was intended to be a restful vacation, but which proved to be a 
period of constant and laborious activity, we find ourselves 
on the day when we should be quite ready for the issue of 
our October number, with but the scantiest amount of ma¬ 
terial in shape for publication and of interest to our readers, 
and are driven to the necessity of tendering the largest kind 
of an apology for a dereliction which we cannot deny and 
could not avoid. Our October issue this year ought to have 
been one of exceptional interest in both the quality and quan¬ 
tity of its contents. A crowd of interesting subjects require 
our notice, including a report of the proceedings of the Fifth 
International Veterinary Congress, Annual Meeting of the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association, re-opening of 
