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lating to meat inspection, are also exhibited in profusion. 
In other words, there, as in the exhibits of the schools, the 
greatest and most useful show is that of those casts ; where the 
teacher can find excellent material for thorough demonstration. 
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Foreign Veterinary Exhibitions. —It is to be regretted 
that this international exhibition was not collected into one 
single building ; as the various countries were distributed, com¬ 
parison was difficult. Hungary was well represented, and was 
a great rival with the French schools. The school of Budapest 
was well represented. Russia was principally remarkable by 
the exhibition of the laboratory of agricultural bacteriology. 
In Austria , like the preceding, the reproduction by casts of 
pathological lesions was complete and interesting. Denmark 
was represented by the laboratory of the Veterinary Institute of 
Copenhagen. Belgium sent maps of statistics of cattle. Nor¬ 
way exhibited maps relating to tuberculosis and anthrax. 
Germany sent photographic views of the Hanover school. 
Roumania , photographic albums of the Bucharest school, 
England , a small collection of shoes with some specimens of 
osteology. Italy , Bosnia and Japan , some photographic and 
anatomical specimens. 
Of the United States , the only thing I saw was ilie bulletin 
of the University of the State of New York, giving a full ac¬ 
count of the standing of veterinary education in the United 
States. Of course the Bureau of Animal Industry had also its 
special display, which was not the least among the foreign 
exhibitions. A. U. 
THE BATTLE IS OVER—AND LOST. 
The struggle of the veterinary profession for recognition in 
the Army of the United States was more vigorously waged dur¬ 
ing the years 1900-1901 than ever before; every muscle was 
strained, every resource exhausted to obtain a favorable decision 
by Congress. We were so very near success that the Review 
for January congratulated the profession upon the roseate pros- 
