414 THE MEANS OF PREVENTION. 



of the father were more than abominable ; yet this is exactly what 

 you are doing. 



When we see the University of Harvard, of which we rightfully 

 expected so much, taking a stand far below that of any of the pri- 

 vate schools of New York, or anywhere else, we can not find words 

 to express what we consider is but righteous indignation. 



By public discussion of many writers the field has been prepared 

 for you, but you have only gathered the chaff and left the wheat for 

 others to gather. 



The University of Pennsylvania is setting a good example by 

 proceeding slowly in this matter. She will beat you in the race of 

 providing a really good school unless you " tack ship " and " come 

 round " on a more " weatherly course." * 



Every word which President Eliot spoke about the work of a 

 medical school in his late address at the dedication of the new 

 building is applicable to the Veterinary Department ; but not one 

 is being applied. He spoke of the necessity of gathering funds 

 to pursue the work. With regard to this veterinary school, the mat- 

 ter has never been written up in the papers as it should have been 

 done ; no public interest has ever been awakened. Had the ques- 

 tion been taken up and publicly advocated, we know of what we 

 speak in saying that a permanent fund of at least $100,000 could 

 have been raised, and not with any great amount of labor. 



The Tillage Street Hospital is a serious mistake, though it can 

 yet be turned to advantage for the school. The accommodations at 

 Bussy Farm are, or can easily be made, much better suited to a hos- 

 pital clinic than the city place. Charenton, Alfort, is much farther 

 from Paris than Bussy Farm from Boston proper, yet the hospital 

 there is always full enough, and at Bussy there would be no diffi- 

 culty in getting from seventy-five to one hundred patients in the 

 hospital the greater part of the year. There are a class of patients 

 that can pay expenses, which no practitioner really wants, and which 

 are essentially fitted for school instruction. These you could easily 

 have, and without in any way antagonizing the veterinary profession. 

 In fact, they would cheerfully assist you. 



At Village Street you have not the necessary conveniences for a 

 free clinic ; you should have a shed to protect the horses and men 



* With reference to the University of Pennsylvania, it would seem that our words 

 have not fallen upon barren ground. Under the date of January 8, 1884, the dean of the 

 Veterinary Department wrote me : " 7, like you, am absolutely opposed to any subscription 

 plan, and expect to run a large hospital and clinic ivithout it." From which we may as- 

 sume that it has been dropped for this school. 



