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only for object to give more width to the base of the cranium, 
thus to increase the size of the head without increasing its weight, 
and then fulfil a role similar to that of the sinuses of some cran- 
ian bones ? These are questions yet unanswered, and that can be 
elucidated by close attention upon animals in which a diagnosis of 
complete repletion of these cavities could be made. 
(To be continued .) 
EDITORIAL. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The fourth annual Announcement of the Am,ericci7i Veterinary 
College has just been issued, and all the friends of that institution 
will congratulate the Board of Trustees on the success which has 
crowned their efforts in establishing publicly in such official man¬ 
ner their legal rights to carry on their good work. The written 
opinion of the Attorney General leaves no more room for the 
doubt which might have existed as to the value of the diplomas 
and degrees granted by this body, under the recommendation of 
their faculty; but that is not the principal part, nor the most 
important step, obtained by the American Veterinary College. 
It is the recognition which is given them by the Board of Regents 
of the University of the State—a recognition which that Board 
is very shy of granting, and which is only given to schools and 
colleges which hold in the State a high professional standing. 
That the American Veterinary College is the first of its kind , 
and as yet the only one which enjoys such a valuable privilege, is 
no slight evidence of the appreciation of its work, and must be 
gratifying to its Alumni in rendering, if it was necessary, their 
diplomas more valuable. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
Some time since, a gentleman of Philadelphia, Mr. Horace J. 
Smith, started a new movement in the direction of improving vet¬ 
erinary education in the United States; and to reach that effect, 
urged the importance of a liberal endowment for the establish- 
