^American Veterinary Review. 
. > OCTOBER, 1900. 
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All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R. Bell, Seventh Ave. Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
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EDITORIAL. 
s' THE ASSOCIATION SEASON. 
The month of September seems to have been settled upon 
as the time for holding the annual meetings of the large vet¬ 
erinary associations. This has become the custom, not by co- 
\incidence, but from an accumulation of experience, which has 
4 taught us that at this season veterinarians can more easily and 
1 are more willing to relinquish their practical professional duties 
for a brief period than at any other time of the year. The 
" majority of practitioners are located in the cities, and a large 
proportion of their clientele are still lingering at mountain or 
seaside resorts; the heated term is waning, with its attendant 
emergency cases ; the local tradesmen are still intoxicated by 
the lethargy of summer stagnation ; the green horse, with his 
acclimating ills, has not yet left his country home ; and all 
thoughts are of a respite from labor in anticipation of a brisk 
fall demand upon the energies of the veterinarian. He feels 
worn and languid from the long year’s work, and appreciates 
the possibility that congenial recreation away from the cares of 
practice will better prepare him for the activities of the ap¬ 
proaching season. Thus it is that in the first week of Septem- 
-- ber we find veterinarians hurrying off in various directions— 
some to the national, others to State or local gatherings ; while 
again others, having friends in distant States, will avail them- 
—selves of the dual privilege of performing a social function 
and of attending the meeting of an association in a sister State. 
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