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EDITORIAL. 
disease, especially amongst the cattle of the State of New York. 
Until recently the expression of this opinion has been confined to 
the local newspapers, but we now find it copied in the Western 
papers. The Chicago Evening Journal, in publishing the report 
of a meeting of veterinarians held in that city, says: “ A meet¬ 
ing of unofficial veterinary surgeons has been in progress in 
Chicago during the week. It has been attended by a large num¬ 
ber of the most skilful and experienced members of this profes¬ 
sion that the country contains. At one of their sessions the 
question of pleuro-pneumonia was discussed, and the prevailing 
opinion was expressed that but few cases of this disease had ever 
existed in the United States , and that the cattle slaughtered under 
the humbug pretense that they were affected by it were suffering 
from merely ordinary complaints.” This article refers probably 
to the meeting of the so-called “National Veterinary Medical 
Association,” and has undoubtedly been taken from the set of 
resolutions which follow, and which we publish to show the ob¬ 
jects of those who issued it: 
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To all interested in the welfare of live stock: 
At a regular meeting of the National Veterinary Medical Association, 
held at the Sherman Hourse, Chicago, Nov. 11, 1884, composed of delegates 
representing the different State organizations, it was resolved that some 
official action be taken by this organization looking forward to legislative action 
for the better protection of live stock from diseases of a contagious type, by calling 
the attention of Congress to the advisability of appointing properly qualified veter¬ 
inary surgeons to official positions , and believing that stock raisers and the gen¬ 
eral public are not fully aware of the extent of diseases of a contagious nature, 
that are transmissable from one animal to another, and from animal to mankind, 
and vice versa; and it being the especial province of the educated veterinarian 
to deal with disease in its various aspects, particularly so in preventing the spread 
of the same, as well as relieving those affected ; 
Resolved: That we ask the hearty co-operation of all stock growers, agricul¬ 
tural societies, and all persons interested in the live stock interests of our country 
in furthering this object in view. 
Great numbers of valuable stock, as we believe, have bpen lost through lack 
of proper treatment, which might have been saved if treated by properly qualified 
practitioners, who could discriminate between diseases of a contagious and non- 
contagious character, which discrimination would be a financial benefit to all 
concerned. 
This being the sense of the meeting, that copies of the above be drafted and 
presented to all interested in the welfare of live stock. 
