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R. S. HUIDEKOPER. 
Veterinary Medical Association has spread its aegis still further 
West, and over the Southern mountains of Tennessee, and it 
has extended its hand of professional brotherhood to Canada in 
the North, becoming the “ American ” instead of the u United 
States” Association. Most'of the two-year schools of former 
days have increased their standard of education to the recoo-- 
mzed minimum of a three-years course. 
Laws regulating the practice of veterinary medicine and 
establishing State boards of veterinary examiners, have been 
enacted in a number of States, and show a good disposition on 
the part of the various communities, however stupidly and justly 
they may, like many other laws, err in their results. 
This closing year of the century finds old differences healed 
here in New York City and an amalgamation of the two col¬ 
leges which separated twenty-five years ago, but which now put 
shoulder to shoulder under the new name of the New York- 
American Veterinary College, or the Veterinary School of the 
New York University, with Professor Liautard still holding the 
reins. Now that unity has been established, we will hope to 
see the Assembly at Albany give to the Metropolitan school 
the same financial support which it does to its rural sister in 
Ithaca. 
In literature there has not been as much accomplished as 
might be hoped for. • The American Veterinary Review 
and the Journal of Comparative Medicine stand proud peers of 
their European colleagues, but their standard of excellence has 
been at the sore cost of labor and money of a few enthusiastic 
individuals. Some valuable scientific writing's have emanated 
from the pens of employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
Of practical veterinary works, Prof. Liautard stands at the head 
of the authors, in numbers and value of his works. 
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have occupied more time 
than I intended to do and yet find I have only given a summary 
of what I would like to have said. I believe the data of my 
headings to be accurate and that a detailed history of American 
veterinary medicine during this century would be valuable and 
