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EDITORIAL. 
members. These discoveries are often of the utmost importance 
to the human race, preventing in a great many instances the 
spread of epidemic diseases among man and his domestic animals. 
That men engaged in original lines of research, such as biology 
or its kindred branches of medicine and surgery, often find 
themselves sorely in need of scientific advice and direction, 
none will deny. That these men will, as a matter of course, 
naturally turn to the members of their own particular profes¬ 
sion to seek this knowledge or information they are in quest of, 
is but natural to suppose. Many of the most important dis¬ 
coveries in the field of human medicine have often been the re¬ 
sult of the knowledge gained by the investigator from questions 
sent to practitioners in all parts of the world and the answers re 
turned thereto. Professional pride and courtesy should be just 
as strong among the members of the veterinary profession as in 
that of the medical; it is a duty we owe both to ourselves and 
onr fellow practitioner, to answer cheerfully and promptly as 
best we can all communications .sent to us from a distance by a 
professional brother who is seeking after legitimate knowledge 
in onr noble profession. w. J. m. 
Leadville, Colorado, has secured the necessary action by 
her local Board of Health to inaugurate dairy inspection for a 
city in the clouds. If such advance can be secured by intelli¬ 
gent persistency for public sanitation for a city in the mountains 
of Colorado, ought not veterinarians in other cities be encouraged 
to agitate the subject for their respective localities? 
A Commendable Example. —Attention is called to the 
two case reports of Dr. McCrank, of Plattsburgh, N. Y., and his 
remarks concerning the interchange of professional opinions 
through the medium of the journals, and the beneficial effects 
which they will bring about. The Review has ever held these 
views, and has striven hard to promulgate them among its 
readers. 
