EDITORIAL. 
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held its own to the present time, and maintained its assigned 
position without visible signs of retrogression, it does not pro¬ 
pose to be satisfied with only this, while still claiming by vir¬ 
tue of its birth in the United States Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation, to be the authorized and qualified organ of the 
veterinary profession in America. But the Review, in order 
to accomplish this, must accumulate more of her original en¬ 
thusiasm referred to, and must follow and illustrate with 
more diligence than ever, her motto of “Progress." 
Again, as Dr. Williams urges upon our brethren, our mag¬ 
azine must not appeal in vain for higher and better co-opera¬ 
tion ; not pecuniary assistance, but literary support and con¬ 
tributions from the pens of trained writers. To you, our sym¬ 
pathizing colleagues ; to you, our brethren in the profession, 
we still proffer the use of our columns, and ask you to com¬ 
municate whatever you may encounter of professional novelty 
and scientific and practical interest; your original researches 
and discoveries, with reports of specially interesting cases 
which you may meet in practice. If with all this, the various 
societies through the country will favorably consider the 
urgent request we are about to make, we have little doubt 
that the Review will in a short time be obliged to double the 
number of its pages, and enlarge its circulation to an uncom- 
putable figure. 
Our Offer to all Veterinary Societies of North 
America. —The Review has been from time to time fur¬ 
nished by your Secretaries with the current minutes and re¬ 
ports of your meetings. In some instances, these records 
have been accompanied by copies of the papers presented, 
read and discussed at the meetings, but too often we are obliged 
to be content with a mere concise statement or memorandum 
of the numbers present, with a minute of the business trans¬ 
acted and the officers elected, and an appreciative report of 
the supper and of the adjournment. It is not in this way a 
scientific society can accomplish the greatest amount of good. 
If its objects are the increase of knowledge, the diffusion of 
information, and the elevation of our profession, how, under 
these, circumstances can the realization of these objects be 
