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EDITORIAL. 
EDITORIAL. 
To all who are interested in Veterinary Medicine, the progress, 
that it has made for the past few years, cannot escape attention—that 
slowly but surely, this important branch of agriculture, has gone forward 
step by step towards advancement and full recognition, is a fact that no 
one can deny. 
Truly we have not reached the height of perfection—truly one 
can, as our friend Prof. Law says, meet yet with a large number of men, 
“ who will remove a bone spavin, ring-bone or splint of old standing, 
and leave the bone in its original smoothness and perfection; who will 
stop the growth of a ring-bone by cutting out its feeders in the fetlock 
pad : who will restore any sick cow to sound health, by boring the root 
of the horn with a gimlet, and rubbing in peppers and other irritants, 
or who will recuperate the ailing hog by removing unshed deciduous 
tooth which has become slightly stained with black,” etc., etc.—truly 
this number of quacks can be met with in every part of the country— 
but still the Veterinary Surgeon, the man of education, self made , or 
coming out of our schools, is rapidly taking his place amongst our peo¬ 
ple, as the one to whom the care of our valuable domestic animals can 
be trusted. 
Veterinary schools have been established, and are in prosperous 
condition, and every year a certain number of educated men, come to 
fill up the ranks of the Veterinary practitioners—Veterinary Societies 
are here and there forming themselves, with those alumni of the differ¬ 
ent schools, and are bringing their quota of knowledge towards advanc¬ 
ing the profession to which they belong. A Veterinary Journal repre¬ 
senting the interests of the profession has been established, and has so 
far received the best support that any periodical of this kind could ex- 
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pect, in a country where regular practitioners are in the minority, and 
where humbug, quackery and imposture are in a large majority. All 
that has been accomplished within a few years, and to-day it seems to 
us that we ought to feel proud of all that has been done—but it appears 
also, that a great deal remains to do. 
If we look upon the number of persons who are engaged in the 
practice of the treatment of domestic animals, we can divide it into two 
large classes:—1st, those who, regularly educated for the profession, 
and graduated in Veterinary Schools, are, by the fact of the education 
