The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-06

tratlon OF the law, and of the assurance tbot
punishment will swiftly follow crime. The
respects for law and authority has been
steadily augmented, and the Democracy. as
they declared in the State platform that
they would do, have given protection t,-tbe
persons, rights and property, of all the peo.
pie, and have brought to Justice any who
Jared to violate them.-Ne,os anal CSur,e,
TREATMENT OF AILINg ANIMALS.
II there is any one thing which gives a
MN SAssSsss e & as%sas 9aBs s i i is Msiskasss
alleviate. IF his children are sick, he or
his wife, or the good grandmother, has
knowledge and nostrums which aro admin.
istered with some confdence-"simples"
which are useless and harmless, or possibly
beneficial. If these fail, they usually have
near at hand
"7he Village Doctor
Whose ancient sulky, down the village lanes,
dragged like war-car, captive ills and pains"
If, however, the animals are sick, we have
no one to-tusn to-cow-leaches and horse
doctors, blacksmiths and stable boys, whose
tender mercies are cruelties, arc always ready
TO physic and purge, to scar and torture,
with Everything and device they can think
of,"-nauseous mixtures, the very enumer-
alton of whose ingredients would be hard
ly fitting matter for these pages, if no i'm
portant good were to be gained by it. So
tho poor things suffer, and get we'll in spite
OF us, or they die in agony while We stand
by helpless. This state of things is all
wrong, and might and must be remieded.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
The number of educated veterinarians in
this country is very small; they all find
employment in or about our largo towns,
and as q rulc are very respectable class
OF practitioners. To them, however, when.
ever we can, we confde the treatment of
our live stock (; but not one farmer in TO-
600 can do so. We have two or thre vet
erinary schools which are struggling with
poverty or lack Of appreciation, and would
do we'll If they each graduated score of
practitioners year. Medical schools for
training human physicians abound, and
their graduating classes number hundreds.
~ g1jl M lhalh 90 Abaa asbasl lAI;sa aaaaxe..
States, has its educated physician while
throaghout the Western States they are
spnrpeyous, and within reach everywhere in
al lvYiixe edregioaar :. Nine -tenths Of them are
making no more than fair living, and
many are failing to do that. Other pro-
fessions andsss,lings tempt them from their
own that they may get better pay. Not
that they do not love their profession, nor
that they are not qualified to practice it, bat
it will not support thcm.
WHY SHOULD NOT PHYSICIANS TREAT AN
IMALs AS WELL AS MEN
If physician has all he can do to treat
ailing humanity, certainly the animals sMsss! M
be neglected; but when, as at present, ~
sdoctors" are making . poor living, or none
at all, what should prevent them from treat
ing the animals? Nothing hinders but ,
false prize. Study aud experience will en-
able any physician to do it with success =
Comparative anatomy is studied In 'all ou
medical schools; comparative pa&holog
should be. The knowlsdge-ofs animal dis
eases is of great service to q physician.
'fS7ty n. . 0|a11e foped e have :
many ulsJH JHsagSs- s.... : =. 10. ~ =
ology is quite essential to resscnino SS59
and treating many of the ills chat tsmh~j MI
neir 70. Were it to become general Gus
tom among physicians to treat animals. an,
to charge for it, we might confidently anti
cipate the
MOST GRATIFYING RESULTS.
These, or some Of them. I yenture =,
enumerate. First, the physicians would
make better livings; besides, they would
at once become moro important 70 tha;,
constituencies. Second, the country would
nave corps Of efaoisae e. nsSsaGl.Al..
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