406 THE MEANS OF PREVENTION. 



organized effort in this direction in England than in this country. 

 Glanders runs free over the land, and quacks treat it on all sides as 

 they do here, openly defying whatever law may exist against it. — B.] 

 At this time there seems to be great probability that the live-cattle 

 trade with the United States will be suspended, because one cargo 

 of oxen which landed here about a month ago had thirteen cases of 

 pleuro-pneumonia, although some eighty thousand were brought 

 here before, and some three thousand since, in good health.' " The 

 " Appeal " goes on, saying, " The offer made by the University of 

 Pennsylvania should not be permitted to fail for want of means to 

 carry out its wise and humane project." 



Then follows the plan proposed whereby to raise the necessary 

 funds, which is fraught with still greater danger to the future of 

 American veterinary science than even State veterinary schools. In 

 fact, the gentlemen issuing this " Appeal " know so little about the 

 subject upon which they have written, that I must seriously warn 

 every public-spirited American against being influenced by them. 

 They have become filled with a grand idea, and then, with most in- 

 complete preparation, have, as the Germans would say, " let loose " 

 upon it : 



" In order that the burden of this project may fall as lightly as 

 possible on the charitable-minded citizens of this Commonwealth, a 

 plan has been agreed upon [a poorer could not have been selected] 

 whereby each contributor may receive an ample equivalent for the 

 money he will invest in this laudable undertaking. [Where the 

 burden upon the charitable-minded citizens is then to come in, I, for 

 one, fail to see. Self-interest, not patriotism, not love of animals, 

 not interest in the development of science, and an honest pride in 

 the reputation of one's country in this regard, is made the basis of 

 this ' Appeal.' ] It is proposed to establish a rule such as is in force 

 in connection with the Eoyal Veterinary College of London [a 

 school which has done nothing for students or for the advancement 

 of veterinary science in England, but, like ' a dog in the manger,' 

 has opposed every attempt at progress, as I shall sufficiently demon- 

 strate from the most trustworthy English authority]. 



" Each subscriber of one hundred dollars is to be known as a 

 life-subscriber, and is, in return for his subscription, to be entitled 

 to certain advantages. Thus : he is entitled to accommodation in 

 the infirmary so far as space will permit, and in preference to non- 

 subscribers [who, being of the poorer classes, are to be excluded, 

 and, as their animals also offer much better opportunities for the 

 clinical study of the student, the latter is to suffer, as he does in 



