, 1873-01-02
VETERINARY SCIENCE.
Detective State of Our Santa; Y
Institutions.

fhe Editor Of The Chfcngo Tt;brnt.

ei'''"oo ~ "oe'o'J s. IL W. VIII 4oohsl o1tIhsA-
gnnco doaorYoH ropctttion-oyon worse. Of
cans
With nj, thot toa t,oo,, u,,, ona ,,-,,to, ,,,,r,
49, .,i,a.,;a $500 s aoo. a'" "na "1Nto!' aDoue
ao op!@oo'io notae albeaae, no ono hooms TO haVo
taken into consideration tho necessity Of inycs-
tigatinE into tho optxontiu and enzontie disenBcu
Of our domestic nnin,als From tle ,,no,,cut,op
nblo in,nortanco of tia mottor anr,, ;nvoatioo.
t,a -, ,a,.,1 Ia y. .Ao An"sso, oue" '"''1s'6A-
not only with Wow to tho adoption Of tho boBt
modon Of treatment to combst thoir effects but
moro partioutar1v tn Tim cnn]ovn,cnt ~ tho
,,o,oa,ar. -,a,nn rss 49, ...ais.,.:a n'a,.
sproadng and roappoaranco or. whom this IL
impossible, tho adoption OF Bnch mca8nros as
shall reduce their fatality or dotoriorating con-
ao,orcoa ~ +1o ,,3,;,,,,,, .,,,,t m,
acan.a tl,a u. -. hn'tn!" pn. ~ -, -. 'uvslS M
aclonco' tue htuuy OF hygleno is OF Tar moro I'M
portanco than the study OF therapeutics, for
surely thero la much moro truo philosophy and
moro noble Bciontinc roEonrch In the prevention
OF dlaoaso sElnl in the curo of it; abbott many
may not be inclined to asHont to this, thoy think.
ing Tint tho province Of tho veterinary surgeon
Ia sololy the cure {so-calod} OF llecaaos, which is
n migtakan Wow Of their duties, or, ut any ratio,
this ia only a part thereof. Bcionco, I,hilan-
thropy, md tho Renoral woal, demand Il moro
liberal and oxtentlad application OF tlloir talontH
Statistical accounts Of these dBcaaoa should 10
carefully Registered with all tho fac cta obi taina-
bio In connection with taom. Particularly should
thoAo ma1adien that are sporadic IN t!.er nature
rocotvo attention, and .hoir pecnlsaritea no.
ttcod. by lllia lnoans will tho archives Of aanl-
tary Hcienco 10 both enlarged and enriched.
a record OF opizootio diboasoB, founded on hiA-
tory aud accurate observations, cannot fail to DO
wot6 of great importance 10 1nodlcal ecionco
aud to civilization. Nothing can bo moro use-
ful than to poysoHB the most exact "details as to
tho character, progrGss, duration, and tornna-
ton OF tliese maladles, aud especially II our
bo brought to loar ii observing and describing
tho orgunc LEMONS cfrocted by thonl. The conf
pasatlvc pnthologiBt can no moro afford to dis
pohae with Tue history Of dlseaaas than tho
healer OF manl'lntl, especially those OF gouorai
character; for III proportion aB he knows tho
pagt, ho IN in bettor poIltion to control tho
present and mnkt proy;alonY for tho futllro
II there Is in medicine en object worthy tue
investigation ol scientific men, 1t IL Without COLI
trAdlclon. Tho opl:ootlc anu contagious dla-
oaBes, tho study and prevention Of animal
sconrEos, III scarcely second 10 those affecting
oilr own sreclos, but they Ero attended With oven
creator difficulties. As in man, whom general
{o1lzoolic a1la opizootsc) diacsaos first appear in
and IN consequence OF this, OF tito BuddonesB OF
tue attack and tllo rapldity OF their courdo, az
well rs thoir tendency to sprcad, It is matter OF
tho utnoat Importance, IN order that ~ nation 10
that The bcieuco OF comparative pathology ehonM
rccoiya that wide and j1diclou9 study and that
fostering caro- to when 1t May wltn great Justice
!ay calIl ana aa II ls yet IN lts infancy IN TINS
aud cl,arlatanisln, IT cannot DO wondered at that
grcat lossGs hnyo boon sustained, tllat tho Hcl-
cnco OF veterinary 1ncuicino h!lotiia mako III.
little progrcag, nnst that tho defective atnto OF
our sanitary ncRHuros hAould MORT the dcE1Glon
OF othor nations.
Thu n1odiciue OF tho lower. animals differs
from that OF man in no particular, perhaps, 80
much ny III thoeo principles which may be termed
utilltar!an: Tho !itc, or fnthor tho slEof anu
sound condition, OF all tho domestic nnlE'n!H has
a money valuo which grcntly nodliios consldera-
tions of q curAtivo Kind, TEon health anu las-
fnlnoss arc replaced by ulpeaso and lneillciohcy.
Tho lifa of nun, though it bo robbcd 81 nearly
oil its attractions or utility, 10 got considered too
Eacred to have u nero pocuniary value. This po-
culiar feature in tho medicine OF tho donlestl-
Gated animals, brings all tho moro prominently
boforo III the value Of tho oid ada5o That Pie
Yonton iB better than cliro."
Tho Tnluo Of veterinary medicine IN the reia-
tlou it bears to htt1nan medicine, to THO public
health, to agriculture, and to Legislation, laa
been strangely overlooked IN hmef1ca,-and
great national calamity but TO some extent na-
tional disgraco. That the object OF preventing
digeaacB las in tlis country formed but an tnaig-
nifcant elolncnt in our public institutions, is
too vol known. Easily supprosBod scourges
pro allowed to spread over thu land through tho
silly endeavor to exercise 1t by pills, putlous,
and fantastic noAtrum9 prescribed by nlou WHO
nelthcr know tho organization of tho aninal nor
tho nature OF tho nlAady for which tlley nro pre-
Bcrlbit,g. and THIS deapito tho urgout ronlon-
etraucp Of those who have studied veterinary
prleuce. The raro insta.lceg In which animals
can be BOON by tho veterinary aurgoon In tho
carliost atayeu of diuoaao, when 1t would prove
ircapacity tt tloHo who have tho caro Of thom to
recosnzo these oarly pnriotls; the fact that AMI
1nals cannot, except IN negative way tell their
Tronga or oxp!ain their sensations; tho
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