American Veterinary Review. 
AUGUST, 1899. 
All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R. Bell, Seventh Ave. dr 5 Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
EDITORIAL. 
LAST CAUL FOR THE “JUBILEE.” 
Before another number of this journal will reach its sub¬ 
scribers, the members of the various organizations slated to 
convene in New York City during the second week in Septem¬ 
ber, will have assembled for participation in the most glorious 
reunion of veterinarians ever held in America. And right wel¬ 
come will they be to the hospitable gates of Gotham, where 
there awaits them a cordial greeting, with every opportunity to 
partake of the intellectual and social pleasures which have been 
prepared for them by the various committees having charge of 
the arrangements. 
The Review but voices the united sentiment of the veteri¬ 
narians of the metropolis when it says to the profession of all 
America, u Come, one and all, and make this sextuple event a 
red letter week in the history of the profession in this country.” 
The t^rogramme, as far as obtainable, will be found in the 
news department. 
CONTEMPTIBLE METHODS OF PRACTICING VET¬ 
ERINARY MEDICINE. 
It may be possible that every young science has to undergo 
the same annoyances which inflict that of veterinary medicine, 
and that our greater interest and concern for it magnifies those 
which are ever and anon cropping up like barnacles upon the 
hull of a seagoing vessel—but it does seem to us that we are 
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