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EDITORIAL, 
MEETING OE THE UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
In the February Review we called the attention of our read¬ 
ers and of the members of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association to the vote of the majority of the Comitia Minora in 
relation to the next semi-annual meeting of that Association. 
We mentioned the reasons which were presented to the meeting 
of the Comitia Minora in favor of a change for the place of meet¬ 
ing and the advantage of holding it in some western city, and 
also stated the objections which were offered in opposition to our 
views, and which influenced the majority in their disposition of 
the matter. 
We are compelled to acknowledge that we were not then con¬ 
vinced of the wisdom of the decision of the Committee. Nor 
are our views changed to-day, and we once more express the hope 
that our readers and the members of the Association might express 
their opinions in the Review in season to secure the appointment 
of another place. Our expectations were disappointed. We must 
now suppose that we were in error, and that what we then con¬ 
sidered a wise suggestion must wear a very different aspect to 
others. Nothing has come to us; not a single word, either of 
approval or dissent as to the decision of the Comitia Minora, and, 
as will be seen by the notice we have received from the Secretary, 
the next meeting of the Association will be held in Boston, on 
the third Tuesday in March. 
All that remains, not only for us, but for all members of the 
Association, is to lay aside all private business and be sure to be 
present at the meeting. We have beeu accused of being a useless 
Association, and it has been charged that we have never accom¬ 
plished anything worthy of our age. If these charges are well- 
founded and true, it is fully time for the Association to awake to 
the importance of its position. If we desire to deserve the claims 
we make, we must produce works worthy of the profession we 
pretend to represent in this country. 
