Using this British model as a basis, in January 1882 he devoted an editorial to promote the creation of a college of veterinary surgeons of America in the form of an association of member veterinarians responsible for electing a board of examiners which had the exclusive right to grant a diploma, which would be the only qualification recognized and required to exercise veterinary medicine, and which would require students to take a final exam before this board of examiners.A. Liautard : Editorial College of veterinary surgeons of America, Am. Vet. Rev., January 1882, pp. 453–456
