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EDITORIAL 
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EXPLANATION. 
At the 13th annual meeting of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association, it was decided that the American Veterinary 
Review be published iii the months of January and July of each 
year, making it a semi-yearly; with the intention of recording the 
transactions of the association, and publishing cases of interest which 
might be brought forward by members of the profession. To that 
effect the first number was issued with the beginning of the year. 
This was received in such a manner by the profession all over the 
country, and all copies were applied for so rapidly, that it was found 
necessary to have a second edition of that number printed, which had 
been almost entirely distributed. 
From the information which we have been able to collect from the 
letters which we have received from all parts of the United States and 
Canada, encouraging and promising to assist the steps thus taken by 
the association, we became convinced that it was a desire of many 
veterinarians of this continent, to have at their disposal a means of 
corresponding and discussing veterinary matters together, and that a 
semi-yearly paper would not till the need of our profession. 
For this reason, at the semi-annual meeting of the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association, we proposed to publish the Review- 
monthly, and according to resolution passed at that meeting the second 
number is issued. 
It is our intention not to have our periodical limited to the report 
of cases or discussion of papers; but to embody in it any subject which 
is connected with veterinary science, and therefore, we will try to 
furnish our readers with articles of interest to the Veterinarian, to the 
Agriculturist, to the Legist, and to the Sanitarian; leaving our columns 
open to all who may be interested in the elevation of veterinary medi¬ 
cine in America, and with the hope of receiving their kind support and 
assistance. 
The Review will be published after this, monthly ; forming at the 
end of the year a volume of over five hundred pages. 
The subscription dated from this number will be $5.00 a vear: 
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0.50 a single copy. 
