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EDITORIAL. 
We sincerely trust that the example set by our British friends 
will serve to infuse new life and vigor into the meetings of the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association, and let 11 s hope 
to be able to return the compliment of the Congress, by mailing 
copies of the essays that may be read and discussed in Septem¬ 
ber. The papers presented at the recent Congress are well 
wo: ,f hy of a separate consideration, but our space w’ill not permit 
us now to more than mention the subjects. They are: On Sound¬ 
ness of Horses ; Suggestions as a Basis for Discussion on the 
Subject, by J. J. Meyrick. The Influence of Disease of the 
lower Animals on the Health of Man, by Prof. Wm. Robertson. 
Suggestions for Effective Legislation for the Prevention of Con¬ 
tagious Diseases in Animals, by Ben. H. Russell. Cruelty to 
Animals from a Veterinary point of View, by Wm. Hunting. 
Scheme for forming a British National Veterinary Association, 
by G. A. Bauham. 
Each of these papers was thoroughly discussed by those pres¬ 
ent. We trust that future meetings of the Congress will fulfil 
the promise of this. 
UNITED STATES VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
Veterinary Congresses have recently been held in Italy and 
in England. They were largely attended, and numerous and im¬ 
portant subjects were discussed, no doubt to the advantage of all. 
In the United States we have what might be considered by 
some as a Congress of Veterinarians from this large country. 
It is the United States Veterinary Medical Association , whose 
annual meeting is to take place on the third Tuesday of this 
month. Leaving aside the slight difference which may exist be- 
a congress and the true organization of the association, what an 
enormous difference can still be observed between the doings of 
this above named association and those of the two meet¬ 
ings held in Italy and in England! There a large amount of ma¬ 
terial ; of good work gone through; papers on important sub¬ 
jects relating to the profession in its different points of view ; 
records discussed. On the other, on the contrary, what ? * * 
