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will soon be able to assume in America the rank which his high 
studies will undoubtedly give him right to. 
There is something interesting in the graduation of Mr. B. 
which ought to flatter our American confreres, and that is that 
he is the first American graduated at a German school ; and of 
course, on the standard assumed by our correspondent, it is an 
important position. German entirely as he has proved himself 
in his writings, we cannot expect from him other than Germanized 
principles. But with all that, he has graduated with the highest 
honors; and for one, who but three years ago was ignorant of 
the German language, this is highly flattering. 
Though having received his degree of Veterinarius from 
Berlin, Mr. B. does not consider his studies as complete. He 
writes to us that he goes soon to study with Wirchow T , and that 
after passing some time with this great master, he intends to go 
to France and take advantage of what the veterinary schools of 
that country can show him. Knowing these places as we do, we 
are much pleased to see him going there, as some of his impres¬ 
sions in relation to those schools will, we believe, be advantage¬ 
ously modified. 
At the end of his French studies, we understand that he is to 
return home, to that home of good veterinarians, Massachusetts, 
and at Harvard College study for the degree of M.D. This step 
is an excellent one and in our days of all titles, true and false, 
regular and irregular, attained by hard work or assumed by 
imposition, the diploma of M.D. will probably be one of his best 
means to arrive at the object he has in view, if we can judge by 
his articles on Veterinary Education published in Turf \ Field 
and Farm . For it seems that nothing else can be undertaken by 
our worthy colleague, viz: the realization of what he considers 
the ideal of Veterinary schooling. 
It is true that, with his education, medical as well as veterin¬ 
ary, he may lay claim to almost any position connected with 
the two medicines. The formation of a General Sanitary 
Bureau, at Washington was talked of, and he would no doubt be 
an excellent man for the position. A department for medical 
and veterinary investigations would give him a great opportunity 
