EDITORIAL. 
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erinary Surgery; and if it is of any use , he can get all the medical men of 
the place to certify to his abilities. 
“ Yours, 
“ Dr.-M. R. C. S. L., R. C. P. Edinb.” 
Dr.-M. R. C. S. L., R. C. P. Edinb., has made a sad mistake 
as a gentleman and a professional man ; and let him repair it by advis¬ 
ing his friend to enter a Veterinary School, which he never has done 
before, and obtain by his abilities, if he can, the degree which he needs 
so much now, or to drop his mask and keep on his successful practice 
under the proper footing, that of self education. There will be less 
shame, more pride perhaps, and it will not cost him any reasonable 
amount. 
To prevent the possibility of similar imposition we publish to-day 
, a list of the graduates of the Veterinary Schools, of N. Y. City since 
1804, and will gladly insert in our next the list of the graduates of any 
other regular school which may be forwarded to us, with hope that 
some of our exchanges will publish the same list, and thus protect our 
country people. 
MICROSCOPIC CONDITION OF THE BLOOD. 
The microscopic condition of the blood in different forms of dis¬ 
eases has been lately so much the subject of scientific observation and 
studies, and is yet so much investigated by modern physiologists and 
pathologists, that the contribution sent to us for publication in the 
Review, by Mr. F. S. Billings, from Berlin, will be found of much in¬ 
terest by our readers. 
Illustrated by a photograph engraving, the different microscopic 
living bodies, represented by various species of bacteria, which are to 
be observed in the blood of an animal which has died from septicaemic 
poison, anthrax, rabies, puerperal fever, rinderpest, glanders, etc., are 
illustrated, and will be easily recognized by the observer under the 
microscope. 
Whether these organisms are the causes or the effects of diseases 
(at least for some), is a point which yet remains under European discus¬ 
sion. M. Pasteur, the illustrated investigator, has already stated that 
anthrax is due to the presence of the bacteria known as baccillus an- 
thracis, and in a recent paper before the Academie des Sciences in 
Paris, has refuted the experiments made by Mr. P. Bert, which had a 
