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EDITORIALj 
ground and enabled to participate in it. But the Review 
means to have them get as much benefit from the convention 
of 1898 as it is possible under the circumstances ; and to that 
end it will publish in its October edition a full and graphic 
resmn'e of the three days’ meeting, with as many of the papers 
read as it is possible in that number. 
We have made the assertion that the forthcoming meeting 
is to eclipse all predecessors. Watch the prediction. 
A FEW THOUGHTS TO PONDER. 
Do YOU KNOW that only about one-fourth of the veterina¬ 
rians of America read the veterinary periodicals ? 
YOU DO KNOW that it is imperatively necessary that they 
should, if they are to accompany the advance guard of the pro¬ 
fession. 
YOU may say that the magazines are not as great as they 
should be. But 
YOU know that they are as great as they can be with their 
present limited financial support. 
Do YOU wish them better? 
If so, YOU induce one fellow-practitioner who does not read 
them to send three dollars for one year’s subscription. 
YOU will be only doing YOUR DUTY, and will be aiding 
in a practical manner to build up the profession of your choice. 
Your brother veterinarian will thank you for what you did 
before the year has expired. 
Parturient Apoplexy is a disease the pathology of which 
is about as well understood as is that of azoturia, and almost 
every practitioner has his own ideas as to its therapy. Not a 
few have settled down to a belief that severe cases die and mild 
cases recover. Any investigator who can furnish a reasonable 
explanation of its etiology and a treatment which will cure 46 
out of 50 is entitled to the most respectful attention and con¬ 
scientious emulation. Veterinarian Schmidt, of Denmark, has 
electrified Europe with his discovery, and practitioners are re- 
