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EDITORIAL. 
new life and vigor .to the society is a point which will soon 
decided. But whatever may be the result of this measure to 
New York State Veterinary Society, its original constitu 
members will leave to her name a good record in the law wli 
was passed last year regulating the practice of veterinary me 
cine in the State, thus striking the death blow to veterin; 
quackery in the State of New York. 
Canine Mastoiditis. —Our readers will find in our pre& 
number the first of a long article on this common disease of do 
It is a very valuable addition to the pathology nf canine diseas 
and one which has, so far as English literature is concerned, b( 
but inadequately, and certainly very imperfectly, treated. A ca 
ful perusal of the article of Dr. Stock well will prove very in t 
esting and instructive. 
Journal of Comparative Medicine.— We regret that t 
late arrival of this excellent paper does not allow us to give it t 
proper notice it deserves. Great changes have taken place in t 
editorial management; and while Dr. Conklin of N. Y. remai 
as one of the editors, the name of Dr. Billings, who has do 
so much for the journal, is now dropped from the staff. We fi 
it leplaced by that of the Dean of the Veterinary Department 
thu University of Pennsylvania, Dr. R. S. Huidekoper, M.D., wij 
the prospective assistance of correspondents from every veh 
inary school of America, and some from Europe. The past 
the Journal gives large promise of its future. 
Dr. Gadsden’s Appointment. —The Union Stock Yards ha 
asked that an expert veterinarian be stationed at the yards, at 
the telegraph announces that Dr. Gadsden, of Philadelphia, h 
been designated by the Governor for this service. Well, D 
Gadsden is certainly a good veterinarian, but Sam Allerton, Ne 
Moil is, or the editor of the Chicago Journal know so mut 
more than anybody else about cattle diseases that the Stoc 
Yaids people should have asked to have one of these detailed.- 
Breeders Gazette. 
