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With the year 1877, the first number of the AMERICAN 
VETERINARY REVIEW is issued. 
This is done in accordance with a resolution passed at the last 
meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical Association—with 
the object of promoting'an exchange of views amongst practitioners 
upon different medical Subjects—also to record all cases of special 
interest as they may occur, and be reported by Veterinarians all 
over the Country. 
It will contain the papers read at Philadelphia, at the 13th 
Anniversary Meeting of the Association, viz.: 
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History and Progress of Veterinary Medicine in the United 
States, by Prof. A. Liautard, M. D. V. S. Page 5. 
Zymotic Diseases, by Prof. James Law, M. R. C. V. S. L. Page 20 
Use of Stimulants in Diseases, A. A. Holcombe, D. V. S. Page 29 
On the Causes of Some Chronic Lameness of the Foot, by Tiieod. 
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Very, V. S. Page 39. 
And the report of a case of Erysipelatous Cellulitis, by E. F. 
Thayer, M. D. V. S. Page 49. 
On Sanitary Measures, by Prof J. McEachran, M. R. C. V. S. L. 
Page 51. 
