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Europe, from lieuteuant to colonel. Already in other depart¬ 
ments of our Government service, it is but just to say, the veter- 
inrrian has rank and reward, as instanced by veterinary officials in 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, and the State Inspectors and 
their assistants. 
But aside from titles, which are coming, real rank, in the army 
as in civil life, will be what each one makes for himself. The 
world is familiar enough wiili the title horse-doctor in the odious 
sense, but it was well earned. It is our aim to let the world 
know what it is in the scientific sense. Much has already been 
accomplished. Nor has the world, all things considered, been 
slow’ in its acknowledgments or miserly in its rewards. 
Most of the complaints made against the world, in the pro¬ 
fessions, as in other pursuits, are unjust. Men of merit may 
neglect the world, but the world seldom neglects men of 
merit, in any business or profession, unless it be their own fault. 
The world has certainly awarded to the shining lights of compara¬ 
tive medicine and surgery all the distinction that heart could wish 
for, as shown by Bouley, Chauveau, Fleming, and hosts of others 
whose names are familiar to us. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
HOSPITAL BECOBDS. 
By James A. Walrath, D.Y.S., House Surgeon. 
CEREBRAL INOCULATION AS A MEANS OF DIAGNOSIS IN THE 
POST MORTEM OF RABID ANIMALS. 
A note was received by Dr. Liautard, on the 14th of April, 
from Dr. L. D. Buckley, of this city, informing him of a case of 
much interest, and requesting his counsel and co-operation. A 
dog had bitten a Miss M-, also biting other dogs, and bad 
been killed, a careful post mortem examination following. Dr. 
L.’s expert judgment and bis immediate attention to the case were 
urgently solicited. The body of the dog was received at the 
American Veterinary College the same day, and the result of the 
inspection which followed disclosed the following serious lesions: 
