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EDITORIAL. 
working with courage for the advancement of a science which 
has been for many years so sadly neglected in the United States, 
much to the detriment of our live-stock breeders. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
We begin, in this number, the publication of a translation by 
Mr. F. S. Billings of a German article on pleuro-pneumonia, in 
which the subject of inoculation seems to be the principal object. 
This, we have no doubt, will prove interesting to our readers, as 
many, we know, are averse to this operation, either by reading, 
by practical observations, or, perhaps, some by preconceived opin¬ 
ions. We had the honor, some time ago, to present a paper on 
this subject before the New York State Veterinary Society, in 
which we reported as far as we could the results of the observa¬ 
tions and conclusions arrived at in many European countries; 
but we fear that our voice did not possess enough power to con¬ 
vert the non-believers in inoculation. To them we would recom¬ 
mend a close reading of Dr. H. Putz’s article, which Mr. Billings 
has so kindly sent us for the pages of the Review. 
VETERINARY COLLEGES IN NEW YORK STATE. 
In July, 1877, we announced the resuscitation of that institu¬ 
tion whose doors had been closed since 1875. After an existence 
of about thirteen months, we heard that this school, “ though the 
only institution legally chartered and authorized to grant diplo¬ 
mas,” had once more closed its doors, and though another attempt 
at a second revival has been made, we understand that it yet remains 
closed for want of * * medical attendance. From the scat¬ 
tered officers of that institution another has sprung up under the 
name of the Columbia Veterinary College, organized under the 
same law as the American Veterinary College—a law which re¬ 
cently proved as satisfactory for such a purpose as, some short 
time ago, it was pronounced valueless and inefficient. 
