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I have been induced to write up this ease, not on account of 
the treatment, or because of the final success, but on account of 
the extreme high temperature with moderation of other symptoms, 
and the persistency of high temperature in spite of treatment 
which certainly had a strong tendency to lower it. 
EDITORAL. 
VETERINARY CONVENTIONS. 
In our last issue we called the attention of the profession to 
a movement which had been inaugurated in the west, which we 
thought would have the effect, if followed up throughout the 
country, of greatly promoting the advancement of veterinary 
science in the United States. The movement referred to was 
the holding of the Veterinary Convention at Chicago, the forma¬ 
tion of a State Veterinary Association, and the proposal to hold 
similar meetings in Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and prob¬ 
ably in other western States. 
This movement ought, in our opinion, to be imitated by the 
eastern States, and we have been gratified by the receipt of a 
number of letters which seem to indicate that during the next 
few months similar conventions may be expected in nearly every 
State of the Union. 
We do not ignore the fact that certain difficulties must be 
encountered in conducting these conventions efficiently and har¬ 
moniously, but if Illinois has encountered no insuperable obstacles 
in the experiment, we see no reason why failure should be ap¬ 
prehended in other places. There are, doubtless, organized 
societies in other States upon which it would seem to be incum¬ 
bent to take the initiative step in calling these conventions. 
The successful accomplishment of the suggestion in question 
would unite the members of the veterinary profession into a 
strong and influential body, which would occupy a place in 
public estimation which, in their present divided and obscure 
position, they can never hope to maintain, 
