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fecting the compromise settlement. -'^ It is to be 

 presumed that they acted simply as friends in the 

 compromise matter. Their profession is that of 

 physicians and surgeons, and such efforts as they 

 might have made in the compromise proceedings 

 was plainly outside of their professional duty. 

 Were they also lawyers, they might possibly have 

 been entitled to compensation therefor, provided 

 their action therein was with the knowledge and 

 consent of the party whom they represented. It 

 is no part of a veterinarian's professional duty to 

 act as a lawyer to effect a settlement of a claim, 

 though his statement of the case may have some 

 bearing. He may, perhaps, make an extra item 

 of a report of the extent of the injury, but such 

 charge should be independent of any possible re- 

 sult of the report. It should simply state the facts, 

 as he knows them. To receive extra compensation 

 for effecting a compromise settlement would be to 

 cast doubt upon the honesty of his report. 



77. Use of Mails. One has no unlimited right 

 to the use of the United States mail for the pur- 

 pose of collecting his accounts. Bills, or requests 

 for payment should not be sent on postal cards. 

 The bill should be in a sealed envelope. Neither, 

 even in such a sealed envelope, should there be 

 anything which could be interpreted as a threat, 

 or as abuse. A violation of these points creates 

 a liability to prosecution under the national laws. 



78. Liens. The question is frequently asked 

 whether or not a veterinarian has a right to hold 



29 Henderson & Campbell v. 

 Hall & Hughes, 87 Aik. 1, 112 

 S. W. 171. 



