EDITORIAL. 
373 
The two horses that remain alive from the whole experiment, 
which for the last three and four months have reacted no more, 
which are in good condition and are considered as cured, are to be 
returned to their duties in the army, and are going to be sub¬ 
mitted to the severe work of the great manoeuvres, from which 
it is fully expected they will come out free of the disease. We 
shall later on report about them. A. L. 
Paris, August i, 1897. 
A REPLY ? YES !.AN EXPLANATION ? NO ! 
In September, 1896, Prof. Law, in public, said : “ To this 
last, lowest depth of sordidness (the sale of diplomas) more 
THAN ONE VETERINARY CORTEGE in America has sunk.” 
In January and February, 1897, the Review called upon 
him to explain what was meant by this sweeping accusation, 
saying to him : “If one, which do you accuse ? If more than 
one, how many? Name them.” 
Receiving no answer, in July, 1897, six months afterward, 
the Review renewed its request for an explanation. 
Prof. Law could no longer remain silent; he replied through 
the August issue, and his answer has for one month been before 
the veterinary profession of America, composed for the most 
part of alumni of the private schools which we assumed Prof. 
Law had reference to. 
In the communication which he has been pleased to make 
he alludes to one article of the Review printed in the first vol¬ 
ume of its publication, and he interprets it to fit his argument. 
In that article, speaking of institutions chartered thirty 
YEARS AGO, the author stated that “ we meet with many diplo¬ 
mas which have been unjustly and illegally granted, and may 
be considered worthless.” He also refers to other pages relating 
to the “ Philadelphia Veterinary Diploma Shop ” and “ Corre¬ 
spondence,” and from these Prof. Law tries to make the profession 
of to-day believe that in his address he had no circumstances in 
view other than the writings of the senior editor of the Review 
twenty years ago ! 
