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CORRESPONDENCE. 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, was chartered. The college 
was, from the first, under the management of a board of trustees 
composed of medical men 5 and there were two veterinarians 
upon its teaching staff—one a graduate of Alfort, the other of 
the Ivondon College. 
“ After a time dissensions arose between the trustees and 
the professors, which resulted, in 1875, in the establishing by 
the professors of a new school in New York City, the Ameri¬ 
can Veterinary College. 
“ For a number of years after this the doors of the New 
York ^ College remained closed to students. * * * 
American Veterinary College, which is the real continuation of 
the first effort, has, under Professor Fiautard, continued the 
good work, and too much cannot be said in praise of the effort 
which, commencing amid chaos, continued its exertions, in 
spite of all obstacles, until it found itself the ahuct 77icit€v of 
the larger portion of American veterinarians.” 
The whole address is now in the printer’s hands, and I hope 
before many days to have the pleasure of sending you a copy 
of it; I will do so at any rate as soon as it comes to hand : and 
when you have received it I shall be exceedingly obliged if you 
will not only read it, but also criticise it freely in the Review, 
for I am sure that in this way I shall be able to correct the 
error which you have already pointed out in the article referred 
to. Yours very truly, 
Charles P. Lyman. 
[Note. —Just before going to press the little pamphlet 
referred to by Prof. Lyman was received, and while his quota¬ 
tions were accepted as being absolutely accurate, we beg to 
confirm them, and to say that this is but another illustration of 
the utter unreliability of statements upon professional topics in 
the secular press.— Editor.] 
TEXAS FEVER TICKS. 
„ „ ^ Paris, October 13, 1898. 
Dr. Roscoe R. Bell, New York City : 
My Dear Doctor :—I have received in answer to several 
applications from one of my friends in America a box contain- 
ing several ticks, taken from cattle suffering from Texas fever. 
As I do not know who the kind sender was, you will oblige 
me by inserting this in your next issue, which is the only way 
I can thank him for the remembrance. The box and its con¬ 
tents arrived in perfect condition ; the ticks were quite dried, 
