The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09
THE VETERINARIAN.
A COMPLAINT AGAINST oUAcKS IN
THE PROFESSION.

The "itor>e Doctor'' of Twcn y-iive Years
.igo-Skillful Practitioners of New York
City-Thcr Yearly Incomes s-Ectcrinary
Co!lrscs-Horse Hospitals.
While land Was cheap and is cheap peon!a
We're accustomed. and are now in fact, to re-
Garl the death of stock as q matter of little
consequences. There was then. say twenty
five Years ago. from which time the profession
dates its substantial progress little demand
IN this country for we'll educated vcterina-
riamS. III" was then, perhaps he is now in Il
good many places. the horse DOCTOR" or
worse still, the "cow loctor,na big fellow
with Il rough voice aud shaggy overcoat,
who Smcll"d of his patients, spit tobacco
juice and ''cuS,ci" like 4 herd driver Twe..-
'v-v" years ago in this city there We're. ac-
rnrolin,s TO DIR. Alexander f. I.iautarl, the
dean of the american Veterinary, college in
West Fiitv-i"'lrth street, only three well
educated veterinary surgeons Now thero
ar bct.Neeu fifty and sixty siillful prarti-
tionci's here whose names apprar in the h,isi
ness directory iiut the name, in tho direct
ory do not give an idea of the real number
4 mcn prarticin. here And qlarks still
flourish, not alone in this city, but all over
Tn" country
l. docs NOT pay n sillful Veterinarian TO
'"i'" n'' profession IN Il country town, aiAl
n"i'''i - ~ '""hN' Nl'taE'H am ilalhI'tS
throu%huu' the lanh rejoice in their "horsD
and cow 'oc,ors,' Many OF them arc men
W. f''"' '''''''''i >'il'" ",''' ''' pun 'i!ei'
patients THROUGH, Iut tA. lar~e c.tirs. whcro
stock is valuable, can't exactly l,r proud ot
veterinarians Of n class That humamitariails
protest against An animal cannot tel It's
''"t'''7 'a"ihlo sue i"r 'a'Ai'e''@' 'l'!V II ID
''n''' M""'i IL h"' resent 'he "'iireS "i d
""''"F VINO can scarcely writ" hls own
hNl", g'' ON good authority 1t may lie
S.''i 'Iiil' ''n'f' iif" such men III III" prote'-
'N'a' IL Is s'i'i 'h;!' ont al ''"'o or s,'N"
N'''f.ii''rN surgeons III 'he country Only i,oVe
"'' e''"Fi''d'
THE "i'lrA OF Ct AlkS.
lh' procession mas !'''sf i.la u lear 'lle
.,''''ih va '!''"'hH ''''n MN u ''''o '' I9e''
w" years ~" 'te f''l'll'N showed lAe lex
E''i!re ''i' h'''aH''F "l passing an act ior
regulating 'l!" lfi'''i'' Veterinary s"lEefy
u was pf"ElH lH"a 'hat an VETERINARIANS wii"
'i''' !fa'li1"1 'iiF'H E'"iE prior I" lhe l''ls-
s''''"' ''''i'' r''"i'i ''' allowed u" "'"liti!u'
III iHi'o'ir" ON iiliiS VAIN 'i'e r"i4'y clerk Il
.tftliil'i'" '' 'i'a' r!i'ri.
i"i''SN"r VA" employs from fourteen I"
''H'crh surgeons III nc iNirrs OF 'i'"hgrean
"i "'''h ilc Is '''e h''"!. !e lowest saIar1
Ge pay Is ; -0p /, year ana 'lllt ton recent
Hf'"'h'il'' ""lto one "l MS most capable
assistants gets Slo a'laN nnd expenses. "l-ook
III my 'S'S'fA "aiiers' Sila II ven kh""n
veterinary surgeon 'l,e "lh"i day pointing
| 10 '''' ll,'"irS I'll .lh' Efi"''"'eS "i ms cot,
'"I'. AN ''i ,h"se ~ ''Ii""S, except ia't
u """'''' are '"iiiis wen, ii'hih% from %i,ioo
''s ''''o Il year, Professor lia'l''rd Is an
"','l','2i''F' III ,''' ,,''"'o 'l ms l""1'NsIon.
IN ,t" A"''rS s'''i ne VIII" shf''% OF ms
S'a"''lF '''o lf''rliran Ve'"rii'Afah VIII
'!''' '''' ""i"'' why S'''"'' i''' 'ie pro-
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