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EDITORIAL. 
But wherever their footsteps may lead them they are sure to re¬ 
ceive a cordial welcome ; and to return refreshed, enlightened, 
and made better in every sense by the needed rest and increased 
knowledge. 
Since the September number of this journal was issued the 
four largest associations in this country have been in session, 
all of which report increased attendances and absorbing interest 
in the proceedings. In the second week of September the 
American Association held a most important and successful 
four-days meeting in Detroit, Mich. ; the following week wit¬ 
nessed the two large State conventions of New York and New 
Jersey, which were followed by that of that sterling organiza¬ 
tion, the State Association of Pennsylvania, to say nothing of 
many minor assemblages of local interest. 
The Review is enabled this month to tell the story of the 
first two meetings, and trusts to give the details of the others in 
its next issue. 
ANTISEPTIC VETERINARY SURGERY. 
The spirit of antisepsis dominates every other consideration 
in modern veterinary surgery. Its principles have long been 
recognized and acknowledged to be based upon demonstrated 
truths, even though its application has been thought by many 
to be impractical in the surgical treatment of the lower animals. 
The American veterinarian could not long permit his ingenuity 
to lie under such a stigma, however, and ways and means have 
been found to adapt the true principles of antisepsy to a large 
proportion of the operations which he is called upon to perform, 
and with as much regard to detail as is exercised by the sur¬ 
geons of human medicine, and with results which, considering 
the obstacles encountered, will not suffer by comparison. Our 
literature is teeming with articles upon this subject, most of 
them having for their object the practical application of the 
principles of antisepsis, and from these foundation stones there 
will gradually be built the completed structure. While we are 
not devoid of text-books upon this subject, they teach more the 
