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many young graduates of the profession to offer their services to 
the U. S. army. G. O. No. 36, 1879, states that all candidates 
for the position must be graduates of a veterinary college ; this 
includes that he must have passed a strict martriculation exami¬ 
nation, and attended college not less than three terms. They 
must be above the average in the profession, as the same orders 
compels them to give lectures on anatomy and pathology, and to 
instruct the farriers, the blacksmiths, etc. To do this he must be 
a theoretical and practical veterinary surgeon in the full sense of 
the word. Why then should the veterinary surgeon not have a 
certain standing in the army ? I think the profession is worthy 
of holding a commission, as they do in all European armies. 
Veterinary Surgeon. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MONTREAL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The regular fortnightly meeting of the Montreal Veterinary 
Medical Association was held on Thursday evening last, the Vice- 
President, C. J. Alloway, V. S., in the chair. Mr. Donald 
Campbell regretted that, owing to ill health, he had been unable 
to prepare his promised paper, but hoped to do so at some future 
meeting. Mr. M S. Brown then described a very interesting 
and unusual monstrosity of a calf he had recently examined. 
Mr. E. J. Carter was next called upon to read his paper on rabies, 
which proved very interesting and instructive. He first glanced 
at the history of rabies, showing that it has been known from the 
earliest times ; next, the distribution of it occupied his attention. 
It occurs in nearly all parts of the world, being particularly 
prevalent in Western Europe. Recently it had almost extermi¬ 
nated the Esquimaux dogs of Greenland. Australia, New Zea¬ 
land and Tasmania are among the few fortunate locations where 
it is unknown. Its nature and the cause which produces it were 
then fully discussed. Its nature is not fully understood, but that 
it is a disease of the nervous system there is little doubt. Many 
