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tion of General Grant, of Mr. Alexander Dunbar as a clinical 
lecturer to the army veterinary surgeons and farriers, for an 
alleged discovery of a mode of treatment of the diseases of 
horses’ feet, the operation being no discovery, but a re¬ 
generation of an obsolete idea, and worthy of the attention 
and patronage of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals, it being both an evidence of ignorance and bar¬ 
barity. Furthermore, Mr. Dunbar has no claim whatever to 
the title of Veterinary Surgeon, either by education or pro¬ 
fessional association.” 
Sixth Semi-Annual Meeting .—The sixth semi-annual meet¬ 
ing was again held at Young’s Hotel, Boston, on March 
16th, 1869. The following important resolution was adopted, 
“ Whereas, the .United States Veterinary Medical Associ¬ 
ation, founded in June, 1863, has issued diplomas of member¬ 
ship to members of said Association, and whereas the issue is 
illegal, the Association not being incorporated or chartered, 
it is recommended by the Comita Minora to the Association 
that the issue of diplomas to new members be stopped, that 
all the old diplomas be recalled by the Secretary, and that 
sixty days after said record the Secretary be ordered to pub¬ 
lish a notice in the newspapers, notifying the public that all 
diplomas claimed or exhibited as coming from said Associ¬ 
ation are illegal, consequently of no professional value, and 
that instead of said diploma the Association only issues a pri¬ 
vate receipt of the initiatory fee.” The death of the former 
President, R. IT. Curtis, was announced. 
(To be continued ). 
REVIEW AND CRITICISM 
OF THE MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
By N. N. S. 
The 26th Annual Meeting of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association has taken place, and while it may not 
have accomplished as much as we could have wished, still it 
has taken up a new course, that promises for it a wider sphere 
