EDITORIAL. 
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surgery of dogs, of cats and even of birds, and so on to the end. 
The participation of the veterinary profession in the Inter¬ 
national Exhibition of Paris will, we hope, convey an impor¬ 
tant lesson to our colleagues on this side of the water, which 
should be well conned before the time when the United States 
will hold their great national centennial show in 1892. As 
early as the last Centennial in Philadelphia, a few gentlemen 
together with the general government, had given evidence 
of an improved recognition of the standing of the profession; 
and many of us still remember the beautiful show cases which 
were so well furnished and arranged by our friend Dr. Gads¬ 
den. But many years have passed since 1876, many improve¬ 
ments have been made since then, and we may all feel assured 
that the American veterinary exhibition of 1892 will be as 
creditable and comprehensive, when the brevity of the life¬ 
time of American veterinary science is considered, as that 
which has been displayed in the halls of the Champ de Mars 
in Paris in 1889. 
United States Veterinary Medical Association.— 
While the important gathering which assumed to be the 
Congress of the veterinarians of the world were getting to¬ 
gether in Paris, a convocation of brethren of a like calling in 
the New World were also assembling, as they have annually 
done for the past quarter of a century. 
For once, as it has been our misfortune to be necessarily 
absent from this meeting, personally, we cannot, of ourselves, 
comment on the features and the character of this session, nor 
of the work it has accomplished. Instead of this, we shall 
present our readers with a criticism and review by one of the 
most active and the most impartial members of the Associa¬ 
tion, who kindly accepted the office of reporter, and contrib¬ 
utes the enclosed article for the special benefit of our readers. 
We also take this opportunity to publish an interesting 
review of the work of the Association, by Dr. Huidekoper, 
and a set of resolutions on tuberculosis, presented by Dr. L. 
McLean, the value and wisdom of which are confirmed and 
strelightened by the action of the late International Congress, 
elsewhere referred to. 
