EDITORIAL 
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Bot the card we copy below will scarcely recommend to the 
appointing power the gentleman who thus announces himself, 
and who, we feel assured, was never taught in any of the col¬ 
leges where he graduated, that such a method of acquiring 
publicity and securing a lucrative practice as the issue of the 
caid with which he makes his bow to the horse-owners and 
cattle-growers of Texas, was in accordance with any recorded 
code of ethics prevailing in the best professional circles : 
Dk. W. Folsettee, Veterinary Surgeon, 
Graduate of the Royal Veterinary College, London, England; also of the Ontario 
Veterinary College, Toronto, Canada; Fellow of the Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion, of London, England; Corresponding Veterinary Surgeon to the State Board 
of Agriculture of Illinois, and Veterinary Inspector to the American Fat Stock 
Show, Chicago, Ill., is at present located at Dallas, Texas, and will treat diseases 
of all domestic animals. Special attention given to lame horses and diseased and 
irregular teeth. Cattle spayed in a soientifio manner, and will make liberal 
arrangements with any one wishing to learn any or all of the different modes of 
operating. Correspondence solicited. Address, Dr. W. Folsettee, care Texas 
Farm and Ranch , Dallas, Texas. 
NOTICE, 
UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The regular semi-annual meeting of this Association will be 
held in the University of Pennsylvania (Veterinary Department), 
Thirty-sixth and Pine Streets, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, March 
15th, 1887. 
Comitia Minora meets at 10 a. m. ; regular session of Associa¬ 
tion at 11 a. m. 
A number of papers are promised, and a full and interesting 
meeting is assured. Chas. B. Michener, Secretary, 
1779 Broadway, .New York. 
Losses in the United States by Hog Cholera. —According 
to the report] of the UnitedBtates Department of Agriculture, 
the valuenf hogs lost by hog cholera during the past year reached 
nearly fifteen million dollars. 
