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gone by, and within a few years the veterinary profession has 
taken a foothold amongst us which must become more and more 
assured every day, and more widely accepted by the public, while 
the highest positions of Cattle Commissioner and Yeterinary 
Sanitarian have already received acknowledgment of the value 
and usefulness of their labors. The time has also come when the 
more modest, but not less useful, position must be created, 
namely, that of Yeterinary Meat Inspector. Boards of Health 
have Inspectors for most of their specialties, and we are at a loss 
to learn why, while the physician will make a better Milk Inspec¬ 
tor , the veterinarian cannot be selected for the position for 
which, by his professional connection, he has been fitting himself. 
It is only in the United States that a man is appointed as an 
“ expert,” to “ inspect” and “ appraise” goods or wares which he 
has never studied or learned. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
At a meeting of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion 
of Agriculture, November 2d, Dr. J. W. Gadsden spoke of the 
proclamation of Gov. Cullom of Illinois, prohibiting the impor¬ 
tation of any animals of the bovine species into that State after 
the 10th instant, from the County of Fairfield, in the State of 
Connecticut; in the Counties of Putnam, Westchester, Kings 
and Queens, in the State of New York; in the Counties of 
Lehigh, Bucks, Berks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware, 
Chester, Lancaster, York, Adams and Cumberland, in the State 
of Pennsylvania; in the Counties of Bergen, Hudson, Morris, 
Essex, Mercer, Monmouth, Union, Somerset, Hunterdon, Middle¬ 
sex, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Atlantic, in the 
State of New Jersey; in the County of Newcastle, in the State 
of Delaware; and in the Counties of Cecil, Harford, Baltimore, 
Howard and Carroll, in the State of Maryland. Cattle from 
these districts will only be received when accompanied by a cer¬ 
tificate of health from a duly appointed Yeterinary Inspector. 
