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wishes it, free of expense to him, the veterinarian receiving 

 his remuneration from the treasury of the society. 



The Fat Stock Show at Chicago has employed a veterina- 

 rian for several years during the exhibition; as has also the 

 New York State Agricultural Society. Aside from these 

 two, I do not know that agricultural societies have employed 

 veterinarians ; certainly not in New England, until last year, 

 whoii I was elected veterinary surgeon to the Bay State 

 Society. At the show this society held in Boston a year 

 ago last October, I found plenty of work in attending to the 

 health of the animals, although no critical examination of 

 age and soundness was required as abroad. 



Last spring there was a show in New York City of 

 dairy cattle and dairy products, of which President Burnett, 

 of the State Agricultural Society, was president. Dr. 

 Coates of New York acted as chief veterinarian, and I was 

 in the capacity of assistant ; besides, Dr. Rose, of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, was present. There we were obliged 

 to inspect all the cattle carefully as they arrived, in order to 

 guard against contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and take every 

 precaution for their health during the exhibition, and their 

 removal afterwards ; but this was in the neighborhood of 

 contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and cattle came also from 

 localities where the disease existed ; consequently, we sur- 

 rounded our valuable charges with every possible safeguard. 



On the Continent many veterinarians rank with the medi- 

 cal men as scientists. Prof. Bouley, a French veterinary 

 surgeon, was president of the Academy of Sciences in Paris, 

 at the time of his death, two years ago. When the French 

 government appointed a commission of scientists to investi- 

 gate Asiatic cholera, Prof. Nocard, of the Alfort Veterinary 

 School, was among the number. Last year a commission of 

 medical men was sent to Paris by the English government 

 to investigate Pasteur's method of inoculation to prevent 

 hydrophobia. Among them was Dr. Fleming, chief veteri- 

 narian of the English army. 



In Germany, veterinarians oftentimes rank with the lead- 

 ing medical men as scientists. On the Continent they are 

 always among the delegates to the international medical 

 congresses, but I am unaware of a veterinary surgeon in 



