, 1872-11-20
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VETERINARY SURGERY.
How to Protect the Public
Against Unqualified Persons.
An Excellent Letter from DE-. N. b.
Paaren, Veterinary Surgeon.

Paaren, Veterinary Surgeon.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
SIR: The state OF the public mind Mt this time
On the question Of diseased horses, will, trust
be 8 sufficient apology for my troubling you with
this communication, and asking you to give 1t Q
place in your valuable columns. In the report
Of the Illinois Humane Society, for the week
ending Nov. 16, the President, Edwin Lee
Brown, Esq, says:
Our agents are more than convinced that gem
eral wedding process is neecd among the veteri-
nary practitioners in this city (and everywhere else)-
and Tonld suggest to the educated veterinary
such members pass strict examination ny
competent board Of examiners In this way, the
standing OF this highly important profession WOULD
soon become raised to its true dignity.
Let the Illinois Humane Society, who have
thus started the idea Of organizing Veterinary
Medical Association, go one step farther, and
from among the professors Of our medical col
legeB select three, who would volunteer to con-
stitute Board OF Examiners, assuming the duty
Of eliciting the amount Of professional knowl-
edge which it isexpected properly educated vet
ernary surgeon ought to possess to quahfy INN
to practise the veterinary art successfully, and
see that the public, as we'll as the veterinary
profession, i5 protected agalnst the m1echleVous
results ensuing from tho practising of unquall-
fed persons, or quacks.
tions will be lost among those who have been
duly educated at the different recognized schools
Then organize Veterinary Medical Association,
and secure u charter from the Legislature OF the
State Of Illinois.
Such IN association would become centre of
union, each membor provoking the other to
works conducive to the advancement Of the pro-
fession. Politically, it is said to be suspicious
when, instead Of talking OF what Is to be DONE
done, IS this implies that nothing more remains
to be done So it is with scicnce-it indicates
indifference, which indulged in would in the
present day leave us stranded.
Tho association, If formed, should wish to
make some great effort and accomplish some
thing worthy Of the city in which we live. The
usefulness and dignity of such an association
depends entirely upon :ts own members: Though
small in number, we would have within our
selves the germ Of ell-conque-ins power.
Scientific knowledge, combined With close obser-
vation, should light our path, and open our
eyes to world which the charlatan never enters
He may practise the veterinary art, but veterl-
nary science-neyer ! Nor would he, If he con-
tinued in practice for thousand years.
This is the sort of unity We want unity Of
purpose and design, not union OF opinion mere
"; but unity Of principle; its tendency is to
show up man in his true colors; to cause MN
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