Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-07

The American Veterinary Medical asso-
/ citation Of the United states is now in ses-
sion at San Francisco. This association has
a membership Of about 1000 OF the 1900
veterinarians In the United states who are
eligible 1t is probable that no other pro-
fession in the United states is less crowded
than that Of the veterinarian. There are
only about twenty schools teaching veter-
mary medicine in the country and only fif-
teen of these are sufficiently thorough to
entitle their graduate students TO take the
/ civil service examination under the United
States bureau of animal industry for the
various government positions to be filled
| by veterinarians. There are more than
| 20O000.cOO domestic animals in the United
| States, not including cats. dogs or poultry
Yet there are only 1000 students in the
| veterinary schools Of the country. on the
other hand, while there are 100000 people
in the United States there are nearly % 600
students of medicine
/ Before 1891 the practice of veterinary
medicine was given over largely to black
smiths and rural horse doctors none Of
whom had more than very slight empire
| knowledge OF the disease OF domestic ami
mails. In that year the association adopted
a requirement that to be eligible TO mem
bership an applicant must have been grad
uated from school requiring at least
three terms of six months each for it's
course of study. This tended to give the
| practice Of veterinary medicine a profess
sional standing and while in recent years
some little difficulty has been experienced
In combating the mushroom schools that
have sprung up in many quarters. the de-
cision Of the bureau of animal industry to
recognize certain schools has tended to
overcome this evil.
At the last meeting Of the association
held in Chicago strong resolution was
adopted looking to the stamping out OF
hydrophobia. This resolution declares that
all dogs running at large should be re-
CURED to be muzzled and that any dog APP
peaTtng off the premises of its owner with
out properly adjusted muzZle ought to be
shot Immediately. Another resolution ex-
pressed great faith in the work OF the
medical fraternity with reference to bovine
tuberculosis and declared II to be the be-
lief of the veterinary profession that tuber-
lculosis in cattle can be transmitted to
human beings and that the course of the
milk sanitarians of the country looking to.
ward the elimination of tuberculosis from
the milk supply Is to be highly commended
Veterinary medicine has been pursued
as science since the time Of the ancient
Egyptians and Greeks, although from the
time of the destruction Of the Grecian en-
pire until the establishment of a veterinary
school in Lyons in 1862 the profession was
at a complete standstill During the dark
ages there was little attempt to carry for.
ward the work that had been 80 we'll begun
by the Egyptians and the Greeks The
possibility of the INSTRUMENTATION of dis
ease between animal and man was sug
p ReStAd "
, the time Of the dawning OF the Christian
era, and although he possessed none O.
the equipment which has enabled modern
medical men to study the relation o
animal life and disease, he discussed Thu
matter with. thoroughness and an in
telligence that has made his name land
mark in the history of human and veter
g mary medicine
In many party Of Europe and in some o
s the important cities of the United State
y hospitals for animals are maintained. A
the London zoo there is an infirmary 70
u the treatment OF the denzens of that in
: stitution. Lions and tigers are treated lilS
C cats, while wolves, hyenas and bears ar
treated as II they were overgrown dogs
d The rhinocerous responds to the kind O
treatment accorded the horse, while tn
g hippopotamus is found to demand sucl
therapeutic care as is given to the pig
[ Some veterinary surgeons are paid hlghl,
b for their services One of these is Alfre
Sewell, canine surgeon to the king o
n England. He wears the regalia whic
shows that he holds a position OF no smal
rank in the royal household and often goe
to st. Petersburg and Berlin to prescrib
n for the pets of the car and the kaiser. H
is a great believer in the rest cure for pet
q and often prescribes a trip to souther
Europe for the dogs and cats Of royalty
!, On these trips the royal pets are accom-
panied by their retinue of attendants t
+. make sure that all goes we'll with thei
charges.
It is said that there is a pet cat know
: as DIR, Ginger, with headquarters at Belle