EDITORIAL. 
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Ity of the man. Every veterinarian knows that there can be no 
hard-and-fast rule by which an animal may be judged. A curb, 
a splent, a wind-puff or what-not may in one case be an absolute 
unsoundness ; in another an innocent blemish. The veterinarian 
IS the proper source from which to obtain an opinion as to 
whether it is a harmful defect or a harmless blemish. And that 
IS why so much of the revenue of the veterinarian is derived 
from examinations ; and that is why gentlemen in the cities now 
refuse to consummate an agreement to purchase until the veter¬ 
inarian s ceitificate has been obtained. The very uncertainty of 
the question is the surest perpetuation of the custom. 
hor the purpose of assisting examiners to give valuable and 
conscientious opinions in their certificates, the discussion now 
going on in the Chicago Society is a matter of the greatest im¬ 
portance, and we congratulate them and the profession at large 
on the opportunity. 
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE EMPIRE STATE. 
For the past few months the Review has endeavored to 
lay before its readers the effects of the law passed by the New 
York Legislature a few years ago placing the medical schools— 
medical, veterinary, and dental—under the full control of the 
Board of Regents. That is to say, the qualification of those 
applying to matriculate was to be in accordance with the stand¬ 
ard set by^ the Board, and, if admitted, they were again to be 
examined by the Regents, through their State Examining 
Board, to ascertain if the school in which they had pursued their 
professional studies had instructed them sufficiently to meet 
their conception of the requisite amount of knowledge which 
they should possess. We have never found fault with^this sys¬ 
tem of supervision of our educational interests, but have ap¬ 
plauded it louder possibly than any other medical journal in the 
State; we have hailed the advent of higher education with en¬ 
thusiasm, and have felt no little pride in the fact that the senior 
editor has devoted his whole professional life with a zeal that 
only those possessed of his indomitable energy could in contri- 
