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permit not only empiricism to flourish, but even let it be en¬ 
couraged by members of the profession, as the case was recently 
reported in the Berliner Thierartzliche Wochenschrift , where a 
German veterinarian advertises a special course of obstetrics, 
practical, on mannequins and on living animals, for any one, 
with instructions in diagnosis, difficult labors, diseases, etc. 
After this, it seems that veterinarians in Europe have little 
reason to complain of empiricism. A. G. 
FRENCH VETERINARY CONGRESS OF PARIS. 
This congress will be held at Paris, Sept. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, 
1900, at the same time as the international equine exhibition. 
The questions of the Congress will include discussions on such 
important topics as the inspection of meats from every point of 
view; the breeding of horses ; the organization of a veterinary 
sanitary service ; agricultural instruction by veterinarians, etc. 
Foreign veterinarians are invited to send their adhesions 
and to take part in the discussions. The assessment (ten francs 
or two dollars) can be addressed to the office of the Review. 
All adherents will receive the reports and minutes of the ses¬ 
sions of the Congress. A. L. 
THE HORSE IN MODERN WARFARE. 
The acute interest which our profession is taking at present 
in army matters must be intensified by the astonishing results 
which the horse has brought about in modern warfare. While 
the experience of our Civil War had taught us that the early 
victories of the Confederates were due to the mobility of their 
mounted troops, and that again the magnificent finish of this 
long and tedious campaign was the result of the finally organ- 
ized cavalry brigades under Sheridan; while the short but bril¬ 
liant war between Prussia and Austria in 1866 was won in six 
weeks by the energy and endurance of the Prussian cavalry, 
and while in the Franco-German War of 1870 the German cav¬ 
alry was seen reconnoitring everywhere, but always on hand 
to decide severe and often doubtful battles ; yet, notwithstand- 
