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country, and to feel an interest in the matter of the proper quality 
of the practical education to be acquired by the utudents. Though 
the letter was addressed to us as Dean of the Faculty of one of 
the colleges, we have thought that it might be expedient, before 
giving expression to our own views in reply, to start an inquiry 
through the .Review as to the general opinion of the members of 
the profession upon the points involved. The three questions 
presented are important, and while the first and second princi¬ 
pally concern the faculties of the veterinary colleges, the third is 
more certainly deserving of attention from ordinary practitioners. 
The question of pupilage has given rise to considerable discussion 
in England, and probably will not be decided on this continent 
without eliciting more. The pages of the Review are thrown 
open to our friends for an expression of their opinion in this, as 
in other questions. At a later date we shall present our own 
thoughts, which we may say in the meantime are, with little vari¬ 
ation, consonant with the suggestions made by our friends from 
the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association. 
DR. HOPKINS’ LETTER. 
We call the attention of our readers , and especially those 
who belong to the United States Veterinary Medical Association , 
to the letter that we have received from Dr. Hopkins, Territorial 
Veterinarian of Wyoming Territory. Written in his peculiar style , 
it expresses , no doubt , the feeling that many must have had when 
his report to the Committee on Diseases, and the excellent sugges¬ 
tions it contained , received so little attention at the September 
meeting of the Association. Perhaps , in thinking of this letter. 
the present officers of that honorable body will appreciate the need 
of a new departure in the workings of the Association. 
Cheyenne, Oct. 16th, 1885. 
A. Liautakd, M.D., Y.S., New York. 
My Dear Doctor :—Tours of the 3d, also the Review, are at hand. I am 
deeply mortified at the apathy displayed by the Association at the last annual 
meeting, as well as the lack of interest of veterinarians, in regard to the advance¬ 
ment of the profession, especially at this time, when the whole country is becoming 
sensible of the necessity of wholesome sanitary laws and their enforcenlent for 
