CORRESPONDENCE. 
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A National Association of Veterinary Schools, then, is a pos¬ 
sible thing, and no doubt could accomplish much, but at present 
it must be optional with the individual schools whether or not 
they will enter into association with the others. 
Your claim that a variety of veterinary titles would no longer 
be a vexation to the public, should the new order of things pre¬ 
vail, is scarcely to be acknowledged, since there can be no law 
preventing the graduates of foreign schools from practising here, 
and using their several titles. The title to be agreed upon by 
the association, could in no wise prevent the granting of other 
veterinary degrees by institutions not members of the associa¬ 
tion. 
Nor do I believe such an association as you have conceived, 
even if established, would be productive of the results you antici¬ 
pate, as regards perfecting the methods of instruction, and secur¬ 
ing large classes for the schools doing the most thorough teaching. 
The majority of students of veterinary medicine have entered 
upon their studies with the purpose of gaining their degrees in 
the shortest time possible; and that institution which receives 
general recognition as being a school in good standing, and which, 
at the same time, makes it public that the enforcement of the 
provisions of its curriculum is more apparent than real, is the one 
to receive the most patronage. Not that all the students of such 
institutions are deficient in their acquirements, but simply that 
they prefer to study where the “ accidents of examination ” are 
least likely to occur. 
A. A. Holcombe, D.V.S. 
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 16, 1882. 
OPERATION FOR CARTILAGINOUS QUITTOR. 
Mr. Editor : 
In answer to Dr. Bryden’s letter, which appeared in the Jan¬ 
uary number of the Review, relating to the operation for remov¬ 
ing the lateral cartilages in cases of quittor, as reported in the 
December issue, asking the members of the profession their views, 
and the results which have been obtained therefrom, especially in 
