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tice for four or five days ; perhaps, besides the loss resulting from 
this, a question of expenses is to be considered ; but after all 
this happens so seldom, it is so unusual for us to go off at such a 
distance, that it ought to be a sufficient reason for all of us to 
go, especially when this is to be so handsomely repaid by the union 
of a large number of the veterinarians of the country, and the 
great advantage that all of us, and, above all, the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association, will gain by it. 
DR. F. S. BILLINGS GOES TO EUROPE. 
We have learned of the contemplated departure to Europe 
of our friend and colleague Dr. F. S. Billings. We understand 
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the object of the trip is to -possess himself of the new discoveries 
made in pathological investigations since he left Berlin, by 
working as an assistant in several of the laboratories of France 
and Germany. Since his return to America Dr. B. has not re¬ 
mained idle, and the many writings that have been published by 
him, whether with satisfactory results or not, with more or less 
wisdom might be said, are in our estimation an example that 
many of our friends on this continent might, if not entirely imi¬ 
tate, at least to some extent take pattern after. Few amongst us 
have written as much in years as Dr. Billings has done in months, 
and though in some instances he has overreached the object he 
had in view, no one will fail to appreciate that he ever had but 
one purpose, viz : the elevation of his profession. 
SANITARY STATEMENTS. 
The crowded condition of this issue prevents us from publish¬ 
ing the results of the investigations we have inaugurated on this 
subject for the present. We will do so in our next number, and 
in the meantime call again upon some of our friends who have 
not yet answered previous requests. 
OUR REGISTER OF REGULAR GRADUATES. 
In undertaking in recent issues the publication of the regular 
graduates practicing in the United States, we have not ignored 
