EDITORIAL. 
We are unable, at present, to give any detailed or official in¬ 
formation on the subject, but have no doubt that the whole ques¬ 
tion will be laid before our readers upon the return of our es¬ 
teemed friend, Dr. C. P. Lyman, from his mission to England. 
We are pleased, however, to be able to say that the effect of 
this failure is already appreciated by the American Government. 
One of our correspondents informs us that Gen. Patrick, already 
so well known by his labors in connection with the investigation 
of Texas fever, and lately as associated with the New York Com¬ 
mission on Contagious PIeuro-Pneumonia, has been requested by 
the Secretary of State to indicate a suitable site for a quarantine 
establishment on the shore of New Jersey, at Sandy Hook. 
This is already quite an important step in the right direction, 
which, though it seems only to refer to precautionary measures 
on this part of the country, still indicates a desire, on our part, to 
take proper measures to convince foreign Governments that we 
are appreciating, though somewhat tardily, the necessity for the 
establishment of sanitary regulations. 
REPORT ON DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
At the period of the organization of the National Board of 
Health, and when it was hoped that veterinary sciencj might be 
represented in the Board, requests were made by Dr. Cabell, 
President of that body, to a number of veterinarians, for reports 
on the diseases of animals as they exist in this country, and upon 
their influence on the general health of the community. • A num¬ 
ber of these were doubtless received by Dr. C., and in one of 
our exchanges, the Bulletin of the National Board of Health , 
we find the paper sent by Prof. Law. We reprint this paper for 
the benefit of our readers, many of whom may not have had an 
opportunity of seeing it before, and to whom it will, doubtless, 
prove interesting. 
