The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-28


Colleges Horse Hospitals.
While land was cheap and Is cheap l-..s
.yere accustomed. and ere n0w % fact o. Pc
gard the death Of stock as a matter II .i-is
consequence There was then. SAY taalt
five YEAR. ago. from which tlmc tbep I.i a-,.. l
iates lis substantial progr..' lt'le dsmlai
in this country for well educated seter.r,.
rians BE was then. perhar, haI,roa il d
good many place, the horse doctor
worse still the "cow doctor. a biz ieli.s
with a rough voice aud shaggy J.0..'..
who sme.lei Of his patients sp, tobacco
Juice and cu,aei ike a herd driver Iwet.
-y-hve years ago ~ tLts cts tlQre Wer-. .c.
c5rdu- o. d. Alexander F Lllu,lrj. IT,
dean OK tie American Veterinary cJi.ere in
/ We Flfy-iJurth street. only tlrea vol
| educated veterinary siryl0u, Noa there
are between fits and ,iNty ,klliul practi
| TONERS bore whose name, APPEAR 70 the busi
nes- directory Put the name, ID tue direct
/ orv DO not give an idea az the real number
f men pracucing hcic And quack' stil
/ flourish, mot alone ia this city but al over
! the country.
| L does not ply ,kiAtul veterinarian d
/ follow hI, profession in q country town, aud
| hundreds Il towns villages ami hamlet,
throughout the Iaud rejoice ia their "nor's
and COW doctors MANY Of them are mcy
Of good common sense and can pull theJ
patient, through hut the large cities. wue,s
stock j, valuable, can't exactly b. proud ot
veterinarians of a class that hJulI tartan,
protest against An animal cannot tell Il,
troubles. cannot SUE for damage, hut t 90
could. would 10 NOT resent the oHlc~ 1t
doctor" who can scarcely write hr own
nance Yet. on good authority Do may Dr.
said that there are such men m the probes.
sion 1t is sail that ont of GOO or sou
veterinary surgeons in the country only l.o"
ara educated.
THE oDfUM or QUACKs
The profession has long had to bear the
odium OF qUacks with much cost % itsct
Two years ago the societies showed the iesis
ature tho necessity oi passing au net ior
regulating the practice of yeierinar surgery
II was provided that all veterinarians who
had practiced three years prior Oh ue p1,
sage OF the act should b' allowed % continue
in practice on filing wiki Jhe county cierA .
certificate 90 that elect
Professor Law emDloys irQm fourteen g.
sixteen surgeon, In tla service oi tlttuic41
of which De is the head The lowest al1ry
be- paw. is Il 200 wear. and til- t'a recent
graduate while ouo VI Ls M.,t capable
assistants gets $40 dayaut expenses Look
ar mv ROrue,' Gallery said well SHOWN
veterinary surgeon the other dat pointing
70 the pictures OF the gaiuate- of his col
leee. All u those 2sO fellows. except hail
"A dozen. are doing we'll. making from CIV"
10 >. 900 q year. Professor Lnutrd Is AN
enthusiast in the future of hi, profession
rIu ten wears. said he. with snrus OF Ms
shoulders. "the American veterinarian "ll
o.lipse the world" Why hould not tne pro-
fe.-or he rignti lie came here t~euN Two
year, AGO from France Then ODD this citN.
there we're only three properly educated
veterinarians. and now there are between
| fifty aud sixty There arr no" t"o colleges,
several well equipped hospitals veterinary
societies and veterinary journalism himiy
established Besides that, the profession =
respected by the medical fraternity One Of
the colleges here IS sadly oScrcroWded ana
has sent out an appeal for a building tund.
| The hospitals are always full aud are Obliged
70 turn away patients at times iue value
Of took has greatly increased. Tic domestic
animals OF the United States now repre-
sen, az aggregate wealth II upward q
s. 10000 900
There are ABOUT SIX veterinary colleges So
this country, and louI Of them. like uos,
| American institution, O~e their success t9
their own ePort5 The European colleges are
subsidized by their goVerRments. Yet France
IS said 20 have only three COLLEGES, Germany
no more than TINS COUNTRY, and England even
less But governmental assistance enable,
even Roumania TO give Students
five year, course France four fortu-
gal dvc. Russia four Sweden four
Holland four. Germany three AID ono
half and England three The couro re
quired here Is only two year. anu short
years at that Germany requires about iorJ
hours Of recitatious and lectures week Tor
the first year. and nearly sixty hours the
second year
H0sfITAIs Tor HORSES
The hospital system has made gOO1 prog
ross here Of lato years but it Is ~ yet crud9
and inadequate, according 10 the opinion ol
I a we'll known veterinarian who j. -ln-ctod
with Z hospital Of good standing There 2r7
not enough hospitals here ana the best man
! aged ones are generally oyeFran. ono nJ'
pltal was opened i've years ago Win accom-
lnodations for six horses Now IL can tasa
care Of thirty horses and large num0er OF
dos Twenty thousand dollars were taken
in at that place last year Tho colleges al'o
have hospitals
The horses are comfortably stalled IN the
bosnitals. some Of them having box stalls
The other DAY reD0gtel sa" one horse tx
inc electric shocks lor spinal trouble ".tA AZ
nnch equanhalty as d human being The
sling Is an interesting applan, 10 is used
10 support horse that has famed oi strained
itself. or is not strong enough % stand All
the time. The sling IS large enough 70 siYo
a horse a good imitation OF a hammock
SWIM. and It Is rather interesting o. &c d,
dozen horses in their stalls lazlly enjoying
the support Of their slings. An ingenious
machine il used Tor securing horses tnat ars
TO be operated on It looks ilxo small
"thrashingn machine The horse Is fastened
10 a part oi the machine when iooSs Ike a
let down leaf Of d dining table. The assist
ants turn a crank and the leaf VITA thc hoIse
fastened to 1t slides up 20 is place on Top oil
the table and there the horse IS high ana drs
and ready 10 DO operated Oh BY men VINO IN
,lerstand their business. New YORK tribune
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