EDITORIAL. 
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EDITORIAL. 
OUR THIRD VOLUME. 
With this number the American Veterinary Review enters on 
its third year. 
Started under the patronage of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association, it was not without fear that the editorial 
staff assumed the duty of issuing this organ of veterinary science 
in the United States, but notwithstanding all the obstacles which 
had to be overcome, the low standing of the profession in the 
country, the small number of veterinarians likely to support it, 
and the ever ready slurs thrown against it by unworthy so-called 
members of the profession, it has filled one of the great needs of 
the American veterinary practitioner, and is to-day presenting 
itself fearless of any danger as to its future life. 
The secoud volume has been much more interesting than the 
first, a larger number of pages, containing more elaborate articles 
have been offered to our readers, and while we offer our contribu¬ 
tors our sincere thanks for the kind assistance they have given 
us, we hope they will continue to help us in making the Review 
the true and worthy representative of the veterinary profession 
in America. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The winter session of the American Veterinary College is 
closed, and the Faculty is now engaged in the delivery of the 
lectures of the spring session. The closing exercises were an 
opportunity for the people of New York city and surroundings 
to show the interest taken in the welfare of the school and the 
appreciation of the work done by that young institution. It is 
but four years since the American V eterinary College has been 
organized, and yet, while the class proved then very small, the 
