ABSENCE OF SICKNESS AMONGST MEN ii 



qualifications and my subsequent studies 

 have well qualified me to take the place of 

 your **Vet," and I propose for one night 

 only to do so, and to leave it to you to 

 judge how I act the part. 



I have a particular reason for wishing to 

 act that part for you. I do not know if I am to 

 take it as an actual compliment or not, but as I 

 have lectured to you and other regiments and 

 officers on the subject of preventive medicine 

 as applied to man, I do flatter myself — we 

 all have our little weaknesses, and mine is 

 that I have prevented some of you and 

 others from getting sick — well, I do flatter 

 myself that the very small daily sick-parade 

 which I have to attend to while on training 

 compares very favourably with that to be 

 seen in any other regiment in the British 

 Army. I have learned to note, for instance, 

 on days when there is either "no parade " or 

 an interesting field-day's work to look forward 

 to, that it is permissible for me to stay in bed 

 till it is almost time to appear on the parade- 

 ground, for I am quite safe to have no sick 



