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EDITORIAL. 
tions in a scientific point of view. After all, the study of the 
infinitively small is a field which for many years to come will 
not be exhausted, if it will ever be. A. L. 
PUSILLANIMOUS PESSIMISM. 
After reprinting several items from the Review giving 
accounts of the return of a number of American veterinarians 
from journeys to South Africa in charge of English transports 
of horses and mules, the Veterinary Journal (London) makes 
the following comment : 
u It would seem from the above that the supply of veteri¬ 
nary surgeons from Britain is now exhausted, or that the 
American veterinary surgeon, who does not possess a diploma 
recognized in Britain, is a cheaper or a better man. It must be 
remembered that these Americans go in veterinary charge of 
British horses and mules ; that they associate with the trans¬ 
port and ship’s officers as social equals, and are cabin passen¬ 
gers ; and that their fare is paid from any part of America to 
the port of embarkation in America, and their return fare is 
paid from Africa home again. Has the Council anything to 
say in this matter ? ” 
The first sentence is capable of various interpretations. As 
a naked proposition it is evidently true that an America!! 
veterinary diploma will not admit one to practice in Britain, 
and just as true that a British veterinary diploma does not 
license a veterinarian to enter practice in the State of New 
York—these questions being regulated here by the State, not 
by the nation. In former times America drew heavily on 
foreign countries for veterinary teachers, investigators and prac¬ 
titioners, but that has ceased ; and, there being no important 
movement in either direction, the question of recognition of 
diplomas is, from a practical standpoint, of no interest. 
Turning to the table of contents of the same issue we find 
eight contributions to the list of “ Original Papers,” three 
American, apparently three British, and two from Continental 
Europe. The American veterinary profession craves no higher 
recognition. Among nearly twenty veterinary schools in 
