Telegram-herald., 1890-07-15

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Not long s-nce J sag lengthy
article from the pen 81 D
8. Il. giving q graphic deser ptlon
of the d pen who practice Veterinary
medicine Eu b.s state. Here Ia Mchl-
gan caslTator or deh0Tner does uot
pretend u prsaeFlbe Tor disease. AID Il
asked 10 10 80, aoul4 decl.ae with
moassty torn Of merit and honesty.
And I yeAturs % SAY that there Is nor
one American citizen "a the state 0f
Michigan Wno has chosen tne Veterinary
pI0Iessi0n Tor : livelihood, WHO MI
not extend 4 cordlsi welcome - each
Sna every meTt0gl0us graduate
ina the State, regardless of
school OF nationality. But the
great trouble Is that Michigan has be-
come Hooded wlta graduated Caua-
dlans aad Others who were without
merit al home, and consequently have
sought, and IA many Instances have
found, iu Michigan more congenlal
cline. They 20 around prating about
the u-graduAtes, while they them
selves cannot lay i horse down fOf the
y
A representative OF this class drives
out, puts on airs OF wisdom, makes
an optical examination, announces n
favorable termination, leaves a little
medicine, saws that he has 80 many
pressing calls that he cannot stay long,
tips hls hat 10 the hired girl, takes his
leave, and after the animal goes 10 the
glue factory he sends IN his bill, which
sayors more of larceny than legality.
Ca the other hand the nOn-graduate
who has acquired his education ih the
school of practice, reading during hls
spare time IN the office such books as
Fiemings, Williams, Dun, Strange
way, Ashhurst, etc, on gong TO a SIM
liar case he examines las patient care
fully, takes temperature, pulse and
respiration, IS careful IN his diagnosis
and guarded IN has prognosIs. Having
come 10 d conclusion. he pulls oil his
coat and goes ~ work. He stays with
the patient, carefully noting the
changes, adapting his treatment there
10, using mechanical or surgical appll-
ances, as the case may require, with
nerve and skill SO characteristic of
"Young America" He charges SO or
SIS, which is gladly paid, as there are
no funeral expenses connected, the an
imal having been restored 10 health.
The results are that the non-gTaduate
gets plenty to do, and the KID
gloved graduate sets up howl
for protection. They have passed
resolutions preventing non-graduate,
regardless of his ability or skill. from
becoming member of the State Veter-
mary Association. This is done TO pro-
tect the graduate. Whether THIS Is
right o. Just, | am unable to say; but
surely the average graduate must have
more protection than Is furnished by
his diploma, or his name is Dennis.
The graduates, that is. those who have
spent five or ten months reading and
rehearsing that which they have long
since forgotten, are given TO under
stand by their diplomas that they have
learned ii all, and all they have 10 do
between calls is TO whIttle dry goods
boxes or pose for the inspection OF the
females OF the town that they may see
fit to honor by their presence.
How about the non-graduate? I'll
tell you. He feels, like Newton, that
he has only picked up pebble from
| the great sea shore of knowledge; that
he lives in the age of progression where
the preiuGices of yesterday, born of
ignorance, have TO yield TO the lnfor-
nation of today. He spends his money
for books and periodicals pertaining TO
his profession, and spends his spare
| moments studying them IN the Light of
ms experience and practice. Our watch
word is Onward and Upward"
a Duck.