The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-15

break of smallpox the death rate was
about % per cent compared with L per
cent in recent outbreaks. In those days
diphtheria often proved fatal to whole
families while today 95 per cent of the
diphtheria patients recover. In the
treatment of these two diseases we
have modern specifics. viz: vaccination
and antitoxine The thorough and
systematic vaccination of people,
young and old, will in few genera
tions make that people immune to the
virus OF smallpox, and yet there are
people abroad in our land who con-
demu and attempt TO ignore vacclna-
ton. They are like the infdel born in
Christian land and reared by Cody
mother
Vaccination belongs to the practice
of our profession to as great an extent
nowadays as it does to the medical
profession. Through vaccination and
innoculation with immuuizing serums
we protect the owners of live stock
! from greater losses than through all
other lines of treatment and practice.
We do not hesitate to assure the own
err against losses i..om Anthrax, Black
leg. Tetanus. Texas fever Edema, and
through the good work being done by
Doctors Pearson and Gilliland OF Penn.
we hope soon to be able to assure him
against loss from the spread OF tuber-
culosis. This anti-tuberculosis serum
when perfected will prove the greatest
blessing ever conferred upon the live
stock owners of the country as we'll as
a safeguard to human life.
We wish these gentlemen dnal sue
cess in this great work for the protec'
ton of animal life and the preserva-
ton of the public health.
We noticed recently the announce
ment by French scientist OF dis
covery of an anti whooping cough Sc
rum, which he asserts will reduce the
course of the disease to period OF not
longer than one week aud prevent all
spasms and peroxyms. This if true is
one of the greatest blessings ever con.
ferred upon mankind. Especially in
fancy When we stand aside and view
the rapid progress made year after
wear we are led to believe that nothing
that can be imagined is too difficult -
be brought to pass.
THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION.
We nav ask, "What has the future
in store for US and our profession IN
the state and nation?" | feel assured
that the signs of the times indicate
marked advances for the veterinary
profession in the near future. The
great increase in the production OF
pure bred stock of all breeders in the
4 country, in which Iowa leads all other
states, means proportionate increase
| in the demand for qualified veterinar-
Iians. The breeder of pure bred stock
requires more of his veterinarian than
does the owner of common scrub an
imals. He not only requires that he
shall be we'll qualified to administer
the best medical aid and to perform
the most scientific surgery, but further
that he shall be qualified to instruct
and to advise as to the best methods OF
breeding and feeding. and all other
things pertaining to animal husbandry.
With all the recent improvements in
the course taught in veterinary colleges
I sometimes fear the veterinarians OF
today are not fully equipped to meet
the demands now upon them. 1t seems
to me our colleges should take the mi
tiative in the matter and at once es.
tablish thorough courses in animal
husbandry and live stock judging.
These branches properly belong to
veterinary science and every veterinar-
! ians hould be expert in them. The nat
ural tendency on the part of the breed
err and feederis tog to his veterinarian
1 for all advice and counsel pertaining TO
the best methods of breeding and feed
ing, and the veterinarian should be
qualified to advise him in the way that
will bring the best results. He should
also be master of the science of breed
ing and able to select the proper sire
and dam to produce the desired pro
geny.
There is an increasing demand for
this kind of veterinarians to superin-
tend breeding farms throughout the
country. How many of the veterinar-
ians present are owners and breeders
of pure bred stock of any breed or
specie? Every one of you should own
and breed some choice animals ard
thus by practical example prove your
| fitness to advise others in breeding.
The judging of live stock which is
naturally the work of thesveterinarian
has been of late years in this country