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EDITORIAL. 
lutely necessary for my purpose, in discussing the question of 
gelatinous infiltration. (Scliutz). 
EDITORIAL. 
PROGRESS OF VETERINARY SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
In the pages of this number of the Review we publish the 
copy of an act which was passed by the Legislature of the State 
of New York, and that of a bill now before that honorable body 
for legislative action. The first relates to contagious diseases 5 
the second is entitled an Act to regulate the practice of veterinary 
medicine and surgery in the State (New York). 
If we go back to the conditions in which contagious and in¬ 
fectious diseases, and specially glanders and farcy, were dealt with 
but a few years ago, when animals thus affected were almost 
allowed to be exposed for sale, to travel through the streets of 
our city, to be sent across our ferries to neighboring States with¬ 
out danger or fear of being molested or interfered with; and when 
we look at the results to be reached by the passage of that act, vete¬ 
rinarians cannot but feel that a step towards progress has been 
made. For what branch of veterinary medicine is more import¬ 
ant thantliat which is connected with general public health—than 
that of comparative sanitary medicine. And of course who else 
but they will be in the foremost ground to assist the civil authori¬ 
ties in getting rid of these diseased animals, specially now that by 
legislation, as in the city of New York, they are obliged to report 
to the health authorities any case of this kind which may come 
under their observation. 
But if we look upon the second bill, which calls for a better 
regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine, oh, then, it 
seems to be almost a wonder that at last the veterinary profession 
should have been sufficiently appreciated by some to induce them 
to work in behalf of veterinary medicine and present that bill at 
Albany. 
To the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals the 
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