American Veterinary Review, 
MAY, 1885. 
EDITORIAL 
PROGRESS OF THE PAST—AND IN THE FUTURE. 
The progress that veterinary science has made in the United 
States during the last twenty years is enormous. Veterinary 
schools have, little by little, been established in such a man¬ 
ner that, at first limited merely to the Eastern States—we might 
almost say to New York—they were gradually found in other parts 
of the country, and, as can be seen by the reports that we pub¬ 
lish to-day, our confrere and friend, Prof. Lyford, has succeeded 
in establislnno; one as far west as Minnesota. There are now in 
the United States a fair number of veterinary colleges, where 
instruction in that specialty of medicine can be obtained. 
As natural consequences of these schools, regular graduates 
were soon met in almost every large city in the Union, and veter¬ 
inary societies were formed. At first sociable gatherings of a 
few, they soon became scientific organizations—State incorporated 
bodies, in which subjects of interest to the profession are dis¬ 
cussed, including legislation relating to the protection of veterinary 
practice. 
To crown the advancement thus made, and to fill a want much 
felt, means of correspondence were established between the col¬ 
leges, the individual members of the profession, and the various 
