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statements made in connection with the questions put to me by 
the Commissioner.” Is he trying to impress upon the readers of 
the Review that he was the most important person at the meet¬ 
ing, and occupied the attention of those present for a long time ? 
When the fact is, he said so little, (whether or not, from lack of 
knowledge on the subject, it is not for me to say) that it is now, 
at this date, very little trouble to remember what he did say. He 
says I state,he had nothing to add to what had already been said,” 
and adds “I am positive I stated, ‘1 had very little to add.’ Here 
is certainly a distinction with—of course, in my opinion—a very 
slight difference. Anyway, it is splitting hairs too tine for me, and 
I will allow him that point, and say, he had £ ' very little to add.” 
Again, he has no recollection of saying any such words, as “ there 
were others present, who had had far more experience with pleuro¬ 
pneumonia.” It is my turn to say “ emphatically,” that this is, in 
substance, reported correctly. He did pay this just tribute to gen¬ 
tlemen who were present; such a remark was no discredit to him. 
Surely he must have forgotten who some of the gentlemen were, 
who were there, or he would never have taken exception to that 
point of my report. My answer here, is: He did so state , as reported. 
Now, with regard to the question by the Chair, as to the “ qualifica¬ 
tions required for a veterinary surgeon,” and he “ emphatically ” 
denying that he said “ there were none,” I can simply say, that he 
must have no recollection, whatever, of what he really did say 
there, if he persists in denying that he made any such statement. 
Here again, there was no reflection upon him, he simply stated 
what was perfectly true. There are, at present in the State of 
New York, no legal qualifications required for a veterinary sur¬ 
geon. I do not think the Chair used the word “ legal,” but 
every one present, accepted the question in that light, which I 
am sure was so intended, and so replied to. If not, why did Dr. 
Peters (I did not know who the gentleman was at the time I 
wrote) follow by making the remark he did, viz: “ I understand 
that lately, there has been a law passed in Illinois, which pre¬ 
vents any veterinary surgeon practicing unless he holds a diplo¬ 
ma,” and, I contend, it would not “ have been absurd for him 
(The Chairman) to ask such a question.” I consider it was a 
