12 REMARKS ON VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



the glandered matter, coming in contact with an abraded, or absorb- 

 ing spot, on any part of a man's body, will surely cause him to die 

 the most horrible of all deaths ; and the same remarks apply to the 

 disease known as '■'• malignant farcy P 



I might enumerate many other form?? of disease which are com- 

 municable from the superior order of animality to the inferior, and 

 vice versa, but the above must suffice, in view of attracting attention 

 to the value and importance of the subject. In regard to the origin 

 of diseases, it is known to the profession that the diseases of men 

 and animals are often due to similar causes; that the evils of domes- 

 tication which operate to develop disease in animals, are as notorious 

 as the evils of civilization, which induce unnecessary disease and 

 premature death among members of the human family ; therefore, 

 our science does bear an intimate relation to social science, and it 

 appeal's to me that no scientific mind can fail to appreciate the 

 advantages to be derived from a more extended knowledge of the 

 fundamental principles of veterinary science. 



Let husbandmen and stock raisers of this country put their 

 shoulders to the wheel, in view of establishing veterinary schools 

 and colleges throughout the length and breadth of our immense 

 agricultural domain ; and soon we can boast of having a class of 

 Veterinary Surgeons, educated on American soil, conversant with 

 the diseases incidental to the live stock of America / in that event, 

 we can do our own " Doctoring,'''' without foreign interference. 



I am not disposed to find fault, nor scold about the itinerant vet- 

 erinary practice which prevails in this locality, for I am aware that 

 all try to do the best they can for the relief of the inferior orders of 

 creation ; the fault is not with the practitioners, but with the people 

 who have failed to ..furnish the means of. education. 



