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especially in the poorer parishes, where proper attention is not 
paid to the selection of breeding stock, was fully commented 
upon. Where spavined horses or mares are used for breeding, 
this disease is very common, and the losses entailed by rearing 
worthless animals were incalculable. Too much cannot be said 
to urge farmers to stop breeding from unsound animals. 
The meeting was one of unusual interest. 
The next papers, to be read on December 3d, are on Tuberculo¬ 
sis in Cattle, by Mr. William McEachran, and one on Veterinary 
Dentistry ty Mr. J. B. Green, Ohio. 
Editor Veterinary Review :— 
In the Medical Record , bearing date of Nov. 7th, 1879, ap¬ 
peared the following observations regarding the establishment of 
a National Veterinary Sanitary Bureau : 
“ At the general meeting of the American Veterinary Association, held re¬ 
cently in this city, a proposition to establish a National Bureau of Veterinary 
inspection was made. It was proposed that the bureau have similar powers, as 
regards animals, with those possessed by the National Board of Htalth. The 
disease which, it is thought, more especially calls for such an organization is 
pleuropneumonia. It is urged that recent events have shown how valuable it 
would be to large commercial interests to have a central bureau that might keep 
cattle dealers and shippers constantly informed as to the prevalence of conta¬ 
gious diseases. Such an arrangement would prevent panics and render impos¬ 
sible the prohibition of American cattle by European governments upon mere 
sensational reports. 
“ It is, on the other hand, said that such information can be secured without 
government aid. Furthermore, the prcseut status of Veterinary Medicine is so 
undefined that a National Bureau would not have much more of legitimate pro¬ 
fessional basis than a National Bureau of. Barbers to keep themselves informed 
upon sycosis. There is in this country only one Veterinary College which exists 
under legislative sanction, and which can grant genuine diplomas. Veterinary 
practitioners, therefore, are composed of three classes: persons who have grad¬ 
uated from foreign and one regular home school; persons who have graduated 
from other home schools and have received diplomas which are virtually only 
certificates; and third, persons who have no regular education whatever. 
