The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Women as Veterinarians.

Ihls year young woman will be
graduated from the Veterinary School
In Abort, France. Germany and Rus
STA boast of women veterinarians. but
III the United States there is not one
who is entitled to write herself ID. V.
>. Women have applied to the vari-
Gus veterinary schools in the United
States, most of them stating that thew
wish to make special study of the
diseases of cats and dogs. Some have
taken preparatory courses at the school
connected with Cornell University.
but none have matriculated anywhere
with the intention of entering the pro-
fession with the exception of Miss
Jenne Revert, who attended the New
York Veterinary College during two
sessions.
Miss Revert is the owner of Robin
dale Farm, Glen Head, Long Island,
where she raises blooded horses and
fine bulldogs. She was seen AT No.
124 East Twenty. seventh street. her
city home. Miss Revert does not ap-
prove of the new woman, though she
Is fearless aud passionately fond of
animals. She hopes to finish her
course and take her degree. She
speaks approximately of the kindness.
consideration and good-fellowship with
which she was treated by professors
and fellowstudents. Miss Revert
treats the horses and dogs on her own
farm, and the horses are always shod
under her personal supervision.
The Dean of the American Veterin-
airy College, DIR. Liautard, before his
departure for Europe, said that but
one woman had ever applied for adj
mission to that institution. That was
some years ago. Now, he said. wo-
man would be welcome in any of the
| schools. He added there was n great
opening for women in the profession.
particularly in the treatment of net
dogs and eats. The wealthy women
who owned dogs would certainly take
them to a woman veterinarian if there
was one. Pet cats are always having
hts or indigestion, or some ailment,
and need medical attention. The half
hour with the veterinarian would be-
| come quite feature of the society wo-
mans existence.
Mr. Hankinson, the superintendent
of the s. p. G. A., declared that wo-
man would be likely to have an extern
slve proctice among the smaller pets
OF society. He said there was one wo
man, whom he personally knew. who
doctored sick cats and dogs. not for
pay, but purely for the love of them.
he also stated that, if any one should
come to him aud ask him to recon-
mend some place where n cat or dog
could be boarded and the owner be
assured of its safety and comfort. he
would not be able to do so. He
thought some woman, who was a lover
OF animals and i'll search of congenial
occupation, ought to try this. She
could take dozen dogs or cats
to board without having to make anv
special arrangement for them. A wo
man who Is veterinary surgeon. and
could treat these expensive pets or
doctor horses, would make more than
the average doctor, for the fees of
veterinarians are double those of the
ordinary NJ. ID.
DIR. Levy, of the Lexington Veter
mary Hospital says that woman as
sistant would be so valuable to him in
his practice that he would willingly
pay her good salary in return for her
services during her college course.
Some of the wives of prominent
veterinarians, who are not college
graduates, have wide practical ex-
perience, and are well read on the sub.
iect of veterinary medicine, among
them Mrs. Gill, the wife of the Dean
of the New York Veterinary College.
There are even now any number of
women who can pick up pony's foot
and dig n stone out of it; Miss Kitty
wilkins, OF Bruneau Valley, Idaho.
who raises horses; Mrs. Samuel Cation.
who managed her husbands stock
farm while he was in Europe. and Mrs.
Power O'Donoghue, the famous Irish
horsewomnn, who broke her own colts
and trimmed them aud managed her
own stud. There must be others wLo
are able to enter the veterinary pro
fession, field of work for women aq
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