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and afterwards, as the ideas of muukind become 

 more liberal and extended, and the public eye opens 

 on the necessity and utility of the subject, the art 

 will then not only bear itself up, but even advl re- 

 spectability to its practitioners. In every country the 

 practice of medicine, in all its branches, has been 

 esteemed a liberal and nobiC pursuit ; and it has ai- 

 wavs been deenicd necessary that its professors should 

 possess refined niaauersand extensive education. The 

 study of medicine embraces a great variety of sub- 

 jects, and is necessarily divided into a great ouniber of 

 parts ; and as greater individual improvements can 

 be made by devoting the attention to one of these 

 parts than to the whole, so it has given rise to the 

 various medical occupations of physician, surgeon, 

 apothecary, midwife, veterinarian, <!vrc. Animals are 

 healed by the sanie means as ourselves; hence their 

 treatment is only a branch of the healing art: and 

 thoutrh, for the above reasons, this branch is usually 

 pursued alone, yet it is equaily a part of a great and 

 noble whole, v,iiich, as its attainment m.ust be ac- 

 complished by the same means, ^o it sliouid be pur- 

 sued by similar persons, namely, those of education 

 and relinement. 



If, therefore, dogs, as being faithful, deserve our 

 fi;ratitude ; if, as being generous and brave, they me- 

 rit our protection ; and if, as being useful, they call 

 for our utmost care ; it is evident, that whatever de- 

 velopes the means of preserving them in health and 

 curing their diseases ; whatever tends to im.prove their 

 condition, and make them more subservient to our 

 use, must be a useful and even a noble pwsuit : for 



