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VARIETIES AND NEWS. 
name several of them-French, German, English-who went to the 
mted States and found there what they expected. If good positions 
are plenty in the New World, by opposition the domestic animals have 
yet but little value, and the services rendered by the Veterinarians are 
not as yet sufficiently appreciated all over the country. This, however 
will soon take place; and though our information is very incomplete we 
are able to say that Veterinary Science is taking, in North America, a 
great development, and that soon it will be a centre of light which will 
lave to be taken into consideration in the statistics of progress Not 
only are there Veterinary Colleges in New York (founded, in 1846, by 
Cummmg), in Boston (founded, in 1848, by Dadd), and, perhaps, in 
other cities, but there are also large, free Veterinary Associations, like 
that established in Philadelphia in 1856, which, while they try to elevate 
tie profession, and obtain for it certain rights and privileges, stimulate 
le zeal of their members by encouraging their work and the publica¬ 
tion of their observations. Not only does the association possess a 
museum and a library, but it publishes also a journal which, as yet 
seems not to be known in Europe. In Boston, Dadd publishes also a 
journal. (.Dictionaire de Darboval , by Zundel ., page 869, 3 vol., 2d part). 
PRIZES OFFERED BY THE U. S. VET. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
. . We w0llld remind our waders that prizes are offered by that Asso¬ 
ciation for the best papers treating of any Veterinary subjects, presented 
at the next annual meeting of the Association in September. The pa- 
peis are to be headed by a motto, accompanied by an envelope with the 
same motto, and containing the name and address of the author. All 
papers are to be delivered to the President of the Association, on or 
before the 15th of July of this year. 
VETERINARY HONORS. 
Professor Chauveau, the distinguished Veterinarian, Director of the 
Lyons Veterinary School, Member of the Institute and of the Academy 
of Medicine of Pans, has, by a special decree, been appointed Professor 
o Experimental and Comparative Pathology to the Faculty of Medicine 
and Pharmacy of Lyons. The two professions will gain much by the 
appointment of Professor Chauveau, whose name and deserved reputa- 
.on is the subject of admiration of all interested in pathological inves- 
