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EDITORIAL. 
Assembly, was rejected by the Senate. Not interfering with the 
rights or doings of any one engaged in the practice of veterinary 
medicine, the bill only asks for a protection of a title for which 
the possessor of a regular degree has worked hard. Yet with 
the approbation of many of the legislators of New Jersey, the 
bill failed _to pass in the Senate. We understand, however, that 
strong efforts are to be made for the reconsideration of the vote 
Our friends of the little State are deserving credit for their at¬ 
tempt, and have our sincere wishes for success. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN THE WEST. 
Amongst the sensational reports which appear in the news¬ 
papers in relation to the existence of pleuro-pneumonia in our 
western States, none were probably more serious and apparently 
correct than those which were published some time ago. 
The Department of Agriculture, aware of the effect that 
such news might have, not only in this country, but in Europe, 
took at once the necessary steps to investigate what truth was in 
it, and it will be gratifying to all interested parties to read the 
two letters which we publish from the veterinarian of the Depart¬ 
ment, C. P. Lyman, which establishes most evidently the falsity 
of the report. 
NOTICE. 
Mr. W. R. Jenkins, who has for several years largely given 
his time and attention to the veterinary branches of the book 
trade, and who we believe has to-day the largest assortment of 
veterinary works in the country, has recently purchased the plates 
of “ Fleming’s Veterinary Obstetrics,” of which he thus becomes 
the only American publisher. He expects also to publish “ Dun’s 
Veterinary Medicines,” “ Hill’s Manual and Diseases of the 
Dog,” and a recent revised work on equestry, “ Baucher’s System 
of Horsemanship.” 
