American Veterinary Review, 
FEBRUARY, 1890 . 
EDITORIAL 
McGill University’s New Faculty of Comparative Medicine and Vet¬ 
erinary Science. —The Montreal Veterinary College definitely absorbed by Mc¬ 
Gill University—will the profession gain by the change?—Prof. McEachran’s 
grand efforts and grand professional results—our compliments and our regrets. 
Paquin Vaccine Laboratory. —Our past references to the necessity for such in¬ 
stitutions—efforts in that direction—the opening offered to veterinarians and bio¬ 
pathologists—the work of Drs. Faust and Salmon and Professor Law—claims of 
the new laboratory—hopes and wishes for its success—this depends on the mater¬ 
ial produced—vaccines have proved their value. Diarrhceas and Scours. —Dr. 
G. A. Stockwell’s article—a comparative pathologist is a veterinarian—the treat¬ 
ment recommended—pepsin as the basis—Parke, Davis & Co.’s preparations—re¬ 
ports of their uses—results obtained—more wanted. 
McGill University’s New Faculty of Comparative 
Medicine and Veterinary Science. —This is the title of a 
long article in the Montreal Gazette , giving notice of a change 
in the constitutions of McGill University and the Montreal 
Veterinary College, by which these institutions become 
united into a single organization which shall combine and 
consolidate the resources and advantages of both of the unit¬ 
ing schools. Whether this change will result in a gain or 
loss to the profession is a question which time alone can ulti¬ 
mately determine. Prof. McEachran has worked hard for 
years, and had succeeded handsomely in establishing a veteri¬ 
nary school in Canada, and if the classes in attendance did 
not count their students by hundreds, his graduates were, 
nevertheless, well reputed, and enjoyed the confidence and 
received the unhesitating recognition of all the veterinary or- 
