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he will know what not to do, which will 

 answer nearly as well. 



Although I have the greatest respect for 

 our medical institutions, and the utmost 

 confidence in the skill of their graduates, 

 there is one very serious charge that I 

 must bring against the students of every 

 veterinary institute of which I have any 

 knowledge, and I very much fear that the 

 charge will hold against a large majority of 

 those who attend such institutions through- 

 out the world. The complaint I have to 

 make is that too scant attention is paid to 

 minor details, small matters perhaps, .ap- 

 parently not of much importance in them- 

 selves ; yet a knowledge of these is of the 

 greatest importance when diagnosing and 

 prescribing for a difficult case. I do not 

 wish to intimate that from a medical stand- 

 point any mistake will be made in deter- 

 mining from the symptoms just what the 

 ailment is, or in the remedy to be pre- 

 scribed ; but this is very far from being all 



