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EDITORIAL. 
to be our last. The matter at issue is not one which will be 
likely to be very promptly settled, and the stress which must be 
felt in Washington before a final adjustment is reached must not 
be relaxed. Nor shall it be, so far as our efforts may be con¬ 
tinued, until the right is established. 
HENRY BOULEY. 
We reprint below a translation of a communication forwarded 
to us by a European correspondent, calling the attention of vet¬ 
erinarians throughout the world to a proposition suggested by 
the Veterinary Society of Gironde, and endorsed by the Societe 
Centrale de Medecine Veterinaire de Paris, to unite in a testi¬ 
monial of respect to the memory of one of the world’s bene¬ 
factors. 
It is a call addressed not alone to all the veterinarians of 
France, and of the world, but to all medical societies and learned 
associations as well, to raise a fund for the erection of a monu¬ 
ment to be consecrated to the memory of the eminent man 
whose recent death has moved all veterinarians to sincere 
mourning. 
There is little need for our saying much in favor of the 
propriety of this measure, more than that we shall be glad to 
receive and acknowledge the receipt of any amount that may 
be placed in our hands to be remitted to the committee in 
charge in Paris. 
The following is the appeal: 
Central Society of Veterinary Medicine. 
Public subscription for the erection of a monument to the memory 
of Henry Bouley . 
Paris, January 10, 1886. 
t,'Sir :—Upon learning of the death of Mr. H. Bouley, the 
Veterinary Society of Gironde have deemed it to be becoming 
in them to be first among their professional fellows in promul¬ 
gating the suggestion that a monument be raised to his memory, 
through the initiative of the Central Society, as an expression 
of the gratitude and respectful veneration which all veterinarians 
