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todes, flukes, wlucli they have had opportunity to stud^. One, 
a muscle fluke, found in the muscles of swine , another, a lung 
fluke, found also in swine and had already been observed in 
man, tiger, cat, dog, and other animals} the third is the cervical 
fluke ( amphistoma cervi ), found in some cattle slaughtered in 
the United States. Mrs. Louise Taylor, B. A., M. S., of the 
Zoological Laboratory, gives an article on the kidney worm of 
swin ^{sclerostomapingincolct ), relating to the present knowledge 
of the parasite. This is also well illustrated. 
The volume is completed by the rules and regulations of 
the Bureau of Animal Industry and the State laws of sanitary 
medicine relating to the control of contagious diseases. A. L. 
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THE BANQUETS OE THE A. V. M. A. 
Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1901. 
Editors American Veterinary Review: 
Dear Sirs On page 596 of the Review for October of 
this year, in speaking of the response of Dr. Salmon to the 
toast “ National Sanitary Work,” regret is expressed that it 
could not be placed in enduring form—“ the pity is it was ex¬ 
temporaneous.” It is a far greater pity that more of these re¬ 
sponses are not worthy of preservation. The regret expressed 
in reference to Dr. Salmon’s response was possibly the first in¬ 
stance of the kind in the history of the association, and it is pos¬ 
sibly the first case where such expression was preeminently proper. 
The banquets of the A. V. M. A. habitually fall below the 
intellectual standard which should prevail, and do not properly 
represent the intelligence of the veterinary profession in Amer¬ 
ica. Our association contains plenty of men capable of voicing 
sentiments worthy of remembering. Our toast menu is too dry 
and our food menu at times shows a tendency to be too wet. 
So far as most members are concerned, the toast list is pre¬ 
pared in secret by a secret committee, the personnel of which 
the general members do not know, and a toastmaster selected 
and toast-list prepared and printed, but not distributed, nor its 
contents made known until the banquet table is reached. Lot 
the average veterinarian to discover his name on the toast-list, 
when he reaches the banquet hall, destroys in a large measure 
the anticipated happiness of the occasion ; his thought must 
