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EDITORIAL. 
York is legally recognized, regulated and protected. For years 
we have been making application for this to the Legislature at 
Albany. For years in succession bills have been presented, dis 
cussed and amended, and for years the legislative body has ad¬ 
journed without perfecting the law which was so urgently asked 
for. But when certain changes which had been proposed were, re- 
cently, consummated, when the various veterinary bodies became 
willing to forego private feelings in order to organize into one 
society, when the interests of one had become the interests of 
all, the result was no longer to be jjdoubfed, and “the bill is now 
law. ,; To this desirable harmony,thus at present existing amongst 
the veterinarians of the State, and to their desire to obtain the 
legal recognition which would sooner or later have been accorded 
to them by the public; to their willingness to concede not only 
what was needful in the past, but as much more in addition, in 
the present time; to all these causes, in part, is the success due 
which has now been secured. But the greatest portion of it 
belongs justly to the committee which had been appointed to 
represent the society, and chief amongst these to the chairman, 
Dr. Pendry. Indeed, this is true to such an extent that, in a 
great measure, to him personally belongs the credit and honor of 
the passage of the bill, in like manner as to Dr. M. Payne, years 
ago, belongs, we believe, the credit of the passage of the anatomy 
bill, by which our medical schools have been enabled to obtain all 
the dissecting material they need. Dr. Pendry has done well, 
and the unanimous vote of thanks which was passed in acknowl¬ 
edgment of his services by the Society, was but a just recogni¬ 
tion of his efforts in behalf of the profession. 
The act, as passed, is somewhat different from the bill which 
was originally presented, and published by us in our issue of 
February, and upon a cursory reading, the profession in the 
State would seem rather to have been lowered than elevated by 
accepting such legislative regulation. But, a more careful read¬ 
ing of the wording and a careful consideration of the sense of the 
law, will bring to the mind the unavoidable conclusion that it is not 
only a regulation of our profession, but is a death blow to quack¬ 
ery. Though on a larger scale, it is perhaps much the same with 
