14 VETERINARY SCIENCE IN AMERICA. 
American Veterinary Review , and has a Committee of 
Diseases and a Committee of Intelligence and Education. 
The latter in 1878 made a laudable attempt to call a 
Congress of teachers of veterinary medicine in America. 
This unfortunately fell through, but let us hope the matter 
will not be allowed to drop, but prove more fruitful next 
time. Cordial co-operation of teachers is needed, not in America 
only! We fancy we see a trace of John Bull in some of 
the .reports of the meetings of the Association. We are told 
several times of “ those matchless dinners of Boston.” 
In examining lists of American veterinary surgeons and 
teachers we are struck by the number of them who affix M.D. 
to their names. No doubt many of these gentlemen have the 
highest qualifications, but we fear some few are the American 
medical degrees with which we are too well acquainted in 
England. However, we are tempted to inquire whether 
any substantial benefits to the veterinary profession have 
resulted from this, and whether the two branches of medicine 
are in America more closely united than in our own country. 
In 1878 Dr. Townshend read a paper on Hog Cholera ” 
before the Columbus Academy of Medicine, which gave rise to 
resolutions for promotion of veterinary science. In 1868 
Texas fever gave rise to fearful mortality in cattle. Health 
Boards of Physicians, as in our great outbreaks of rinderpest 
sat, discussed the matter, and did no good. In 1870 
Dr. Stein (now of the American Veterinary College) was 
delegated by the New York County Medical Society to the 
American Medical Society meeting in Washington. He 
was then Professor of Physiology at the New York College 
of Veterinary Surgeons. Professor Antistell read a paper on 
“ Veterinary Colleges abroad.” Dr. Stein carried a motion 
that the paper and the w T hole subject of veterinary medicine 
be referred to a Special Committee. The Committee recom¬ 
mended State and County Medical Societies to promote the 
establishment and support of veterinary schools, to solicit 
the aid of the governors of their respective states in the 
matter, to recommend association of thoroughly educated 
veterinarians with other medical officers as Commissioners 
of Boards of Health. Also they recommended employment 
of veterinary surgeons in the army and one in the Agri¬ 
cultural Department with the rank and pay of other medical 
officers. After a remarkable effort on the part of Dr. Stein 
these resolutions were adopted, but lapsed through some 
informalities. The veterinary profession was thus publicly 
recognised by the representatives of human medicine. We 
must conclude that the relations between the professions are 
