EDITORIAL. 
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The walls of the boxes are made of hard cement, the cor¬ 
ners rounded to prevent collection of dirt, and thorough wash¬ 
ing is done readily. The feeding and watering is made by 
automatic arrangement, and isolation of the animal is perfect. 
There is accommodations for removal of the cadavers for the 
post-mortems, for the destruction of cadaveric remains with sul¬ 
phuric acid, for disinfection of the manures, etc. The whole 
ground upon which the institute is built is surrounded by walls, 
and to guard against the possibility of contagion being carried 
by cats, wire work is arranged on the top of the walls so as to 
prevent their entering the premises. In fact, those stalls are 
perfectly disposed for thorough isolation. A most perfect cellu¬ 
lar jail. 
Work has already been started. Of course, no one is allowed 
to enter unless he submits himself to all the measures which 
will prevent him from being a means of contagion, but we may 
nevertheless be able to keep our friends posted as soon as some 
results are obtained. A. L. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN. 
At the opening of the three veterinary colleges of Great Brit¬ 
ain (at London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh) in October, there 
appeared to be a concerted effort put forth by the Principals in 
their introductory addresses to bring the question of university 
affiliation prominently before the public. The schools of that 
country are maintained solely by private effort, and it is high 
time that a helping hand should be extended to the colleges in 
their long struggle for recognition and support. The universi¬ 
ties have recently been largely endowed through the generosity 
of Andrew Carnegie and other philanthropists, and it is a blot 
upon their sense of justice and progressiveness that the govern¬ 
ment and the universities continue to ignore the claims of the 
science of comparative medicine. While American institutions 
have often been constrained to complain of the frosts of neglect 
by the state governments and charitable individuals, they have 
fared infinitely better than our brethren of Great Britain. We 
