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systematic comparison of the symptoms of disease, (i. e. the pulse, 
respiration, temperature, etc.) the diagnosis, prognosis and thera- 
pie is very much facilitated. 
EDITORIAL. 
OPENING OF VETERINARY COLLEGES. 
The montli of October in our country is, for the medical pro¬ 
fession, one of certain importance, as it is during this month that 
medical schools begin their winter sessions ; and that, restored by 
the rest of summer or fall vacations, the faculties of the numer¬ 
ous medical colleges of the United States are ready to resume 
their work before their constantly enlarging classes of students. 
Veterinary colleges, following the example set them by their 
sister institutions, have also taken this month for the opening of 
their courses of lectures; and in New York as well as in Canada, 
the veterinary colleges have had their openings, and are now 
more or less at work. We publish the reports of these exercises 
as they took place at the American Veterinary College and at the 
Montreal School, which are the only ones which have reached us 
so far. Our friends in Toronto will probably favor us (vith a 
similar notice, and as soon as it is received we will present it to 
our readers. 
As far as we are able to judge, New York and Montreal have 
their lecture-rooms well filled with students, and their faculties 
feel satisfied with the result crowning their efforts. 
In both institutions, the different States of the Union are 
well represented, and students from north and south, from east and 
west, have matriculated, and by their attendance at these colleges 
prove that the importance of the profession and the opportunity 
offered to young men for a lucrative and honorable position in 
life, begin to be better appreciated by our countrymen. This is 
most encouraging to those whose efforts have been made in 
that direction, and must be a gratifying stimulus to keep them 
