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Are you conducting this hospital fur the benefit of the school, or 

 for that of the veterinarians attached to it ? Undoubtedly you say, 

 " For the school ! " Then why allow tlictn to use the name of Har- 

 vard University in order to gain jirivatc practice ? Is such conduct 

 in accordance with medical ethics ? 



In this '' Herald " advertisement, as well as those appearing in 

 other papers, you may read, '' Calls for outside visits will be attended 

 to promptly by day or night." I may be Quixotic, but it is my 

 opinion that no one coimected as teacher with such a school can, as 

 a ^professional, make such a use of his position. 



Again : Is it an honorable thing for you to cut prices, for ser- 

 vices at your hosjntal, \00 per cent less than the regular lyractitioner 

 charges ; less than those your own graduates loill have to charge 

 in order to make a living, or to keep on collegiate terms with other 

 professionals ? 



In this regard I would call your attention to the following : 



RATES OF CHARGES MADE BT THE REGULAR 



PROKESSIOS. 



Single visits, medicine extra. ... $3 00 



Repeated visits to any case — 

 cow, horse, or dog, each 2 00 



All operations extra ; no horse 



cast less than 6 00 



These charges have reference to city 



proper. 



" RATES OP CHARGES AT VILLAGE STREET HOS- 

 PITAL." 



Board, treatment, and medicine, 

 for sick horses per day $2 00 



Board, care, and medicine for 

 surgical ca.ses — horse, per day, 1 00 



Board, treatment, and medicine 



for dogs per day 50 



Board and treatment for cattle 



per day 1 00 



Examinations and advice at hos- 

 pital 1 00 



"What is meant by " examination and advice at hospital " ? Do 

 you mean examination for soundness, for which the profession 

 charges $5 for each horse examined? In your contract with sub- 

 scribers for $10 per year you agree to examine ten horses and do 

 other professional work — in other words, you agree to do, for this 

 paltry sum, work for which any professional would receive $50 for 

 examinations for soundness alone. 



Gentlemen, this looks very much as if you were trying to run 

 the veterinary pntfession of Boston and vicinity into the ground. 



AVhat would vou think of a father who, after havinrr taui'ht a 

 son all about his business, and that son had started in business for 

 himself, should cut the prices of goods in this manner? You would 

 say it was abominable. Should the son pay for his instruction and 

 devote three years of his life to learning the trade when he might 

 be earning money at something else, you would say that the actions 



