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EDITORIAL. 
flat projection, which is perforated and resting over the nail 
hole. A nail driven in holds it in place. It is claimed that 
this new shoe does away with all other kinds of wood or metal¬ 
lic plates, which, no matter how well applied, are likely to get 
loose and drop from the foot, thus exposing the dressings and 
the solar surface to be displaced or injured. While this may be 
considered here as a new invention, it seems to me that I have 
already seen something of the same kind due to the ingenuity 
of some of our American inventors. A. L. 
UNITED STATES V. M. ASSOCIATION. 
The programme for the approaching meeting at Omaha, as 
it gradually unfolds, grows in interest, and those in charge of 
the details are becoming enthusiastic at the prospect of the 
greatest meeting ever held under its auspices. Reports from 
various and widely divergent points indicate that the attendance 
will be large and very national in character, which is one of the 
most encouraging features of the event, guaranteeing that ele¬ 
ment in its constituency which has been so ardently sought for 
by its true friends from its incipiency. 
The educational programme especially appeals to its diversi¬ 
fied membership, shaping itself by voluntary essayists represent¬ 
ing subjects of interest to every phase of membership—from the 
important and weighty questions of State medicine to the most 
commonly found diseases of every-day practice, developing 
through the discussions valuable points to enrich the knowledge 
of the members on questions where doubt exists and opinions 
differ. 
To the practising veterinarian no department requires greater 
knowledge, skill, and practice than the domain of surgery. 
Many operations which have never been attempted by a practi¬ 
tioner are regarded with graver fears than their character war¬ 
rants, and all they need is an exhibition of the niodtis optrandi^ 
when their simplicity is recognized or their manipulation appre¬ 
ciated, and henceforth they successfully undertake them. This 
especially appeals to the younger members, whose years of ex- 
