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American Veterinary Review. 
j^PRIL, 1897. 
EDITORIAL. 
THE QUESTION OF RECIPROCITY AMONG STATE 
VETERINARY EXAMINING BOARDS. 
Taking for a text the report of the Committee on Intelli¬ 
gence and Education of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association at its Buffalo meetin'g, the Veterinary Journal 
(England) for February indulges in a four-page editorial upon 
the subject of “ Veterinary Education in America,” and while 
it frankly admits that much satisfaction was experienced by its 
perusal, it finds many points to criticise. After a general re¬ 
view of the report the periodical finally gives its American 
brethren some good-natured advice and suggestions. One of 
the most serious objections which it finds against our rapidly 
developing science is the lack of reciprocity which the enact¬ 
ment of statutes by the various States is making more manifest 
every day, and which will soon begin to produce so many en¬ 
tangling alliances as to make the lot of the future itinerant 
veterinarian a hard one indeed. It says : 
“ A more serious matter remains to be discussed. In this country the veterinary sur¬ 
geon, though he has many grievances, has many solid advantages. It is true, he has a 
long and arduous college course, preceded by a stiff and searching preliminary examina¬ 
tion. Still, let the student work hard and let him satisfy the examiners, who are for the 
most part reasonable men ; at the end of his course he gets his degree, M.R.C.V.S., and 
this means a great deal. A wise and patriotic government has conferred extensive 
powers on the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Its degree enables a man to prac¬ 
tice not only in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, but in all the British colonies 
and in the United States of America—wherever, in fact, the English language is spoken. 
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