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the opinion that the history of failures is often of even greater 
service to especially our young practitioners than the triumphant 
recording of success, with all the failures kept carefully in the 
background. There is no reason that any one of us should 
keep these things to himself to escape criticism; they are the 
property of the profession. Let us have some of the sour as well 
as the sweet. 
EDITORIAL 
THE “REVIEW” PROGRAMME. 
In accordance with the original programme accompanying the 
first issue of our journal, and in order to lay before the veterin¬ 
arians of our country the record of whatever is valuable and in¬ 
teresting in the progress of the medical sciences, and more 
especially of such matters as are included in our own department 
of curative art, we have for several months past given a liberal 
portion of our space to the reports of the various experiments to 
which Mr. Pasteur and his assistants have devoted their laboratory, 
besides giving, on many occasions, translations of the records of 
the numerous interesting discoveries of Messrs. Chauveau, Tous- 
saint and other investigators, not forgetting those of our Amer¬ 
ican confrere , Dr. Salmon. 
It is thus that we have kept our friends informed in reference 
to the theories and facts of prophylaxy as inauguated by European 
practitioners, and applied to the contagious disease of animals, 
with the magnificent results which have been attained, and the 
incalculable advantages which have followed, not only to the in¬ 
terests of agriculture, but the higher interests of humanity. 
We trust that our endeavors have not been in vain, and 
though it would be premature to look at present, for the applica¬ 
tion of the various modes of inoculation in this country, as they 
have been realized in Europe, we cannot but feel persuaded that 
at least those of our veterinarians who have kept themselves ad¬ 
vised through the publications in question, must derive much per¬ 
sonal advantage, in various instances, from their advanced know- 
