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expenses of publishing this journal were considerably in excess 
of the income from all sources, and the receiver, therefore, de¬ 
cided to dispose of the property, with the result above stated. 
It will doubtless be a matter for surprise to the great majority 
of the profession to learn that a medical journal apparently so 
prosperous was financially a failure, and it will perhaps dispel 
the idea which seems to prevail that the profits of publishing 
medical journals are fabulously large. Those who have had 
experience in such matters know well that the publication of a 
medical journal is very different from that of an illustrated ma¬ 
gazine for the general public. The latter can be sold at a price 
irrespective of the cost of manufacture, and thereby secures an 
enormous circulation, the profit on the undertaking being de¬ 
rived wholly from the advertisements. The number and variety 
of the latter which can be secured for a monthly magazine are 
practically unlimited, whereas in the matter of reputable medi¬ 
cal advertising there is a very sharply defined limit. This 
change of ownership of the New York Medical Journal may 
serve to impress the truth of the facts just stated upon the 
minds of the more or less experienced financial backers of some 
other of our contemporaries which are now being published at a 
heavy loss.—( Medical Record.) 
ASSISTANT WANTED. 
A veterinarian wanted to act in capacity of House Surgeon and Assistant; prefer middle- 
aged married man that has had some practice. Address, T. W. Spranklin, D. V. S., 
Maryland Veterinary Hospital, 1311 to 1321 Harford Ave., Baltimore, Md. 
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Veterinary Publisher, and dealer in Veterinary Books, Drugs and Instruments, is the 
authorized agent of the Review in Chicago and the Middle West, and will receive 
subscriptions and advertisements at publisher’s prices. 
SECRETARIES OF V. H. ASSOCIATIONS 
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Subscription Clubs for the Review. Write us for club rates and full information. 
REVIEWS F0R EXCHANGE. 
I have these duplicates : Vol. XVIII, July (1894) ; Vol. XV, April and May (1891). 
I need the following : Vol. XIX, September and October (1895); Vol. XVII, January 
(1894). Would like to exchange with some one having duplicates, etc. Hugh Thom¬ 
son, V. S., Sharbona, Ill. 
NOVEMBER, 1894, REVIEW WANTED. 
To complete my file I would like to secure No. 8, Vol. XVIII of the American 
Veterinary Review. Any one having an extra copy of that number please address 
H. D. Stebbins, V.S., West Winfield, N. Y. 
BACK NUHBERS REVIEW FOR SALE. 
Volumes 2, 4, 8, 9, (complete) ; April, ’79, ’81, ’82, ’83 ; May, ’79, 81 ; June, ’79, 
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