84 DADD'S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



of the Western States, a malady known as ' milk-sickness," or 

 trembles, afflicting both man and beast, sometimes prevails, at- 

 tended with such disastrous results that many farmers have often 

 been compelled to abandon the old homestead in view of seeking 

 a location where there was some prospect of enjoying immunity 

 fj run the pest. 



Hog cholera, or pleuro-pneumonia, (among swin^) has >ften 

 filain its millions and tens of millions. Contagious .yphus pre 

 vails, and puerperal fever has carried off hundreds cf thousands 

 of our best stock. Apoplexy, softening of the brain, dropsy of 

 the brain, are just as prevalent here as in England. Abortion, 

 or miscarriage, is fearfully on the increase. Diseases of climate 

 and spontaneous origin are constantly occurring. In fact, to 

 shorten a lengthy story, there is scarcely any disease known to 

 the veterinarians of the Old World that has not prevailed in the 

 New. The mere mention of these matters should at once arouse 

 stock-owners to a sense of duty to themselves and their domestic 

 animals. 



We must have educated veterinary surgeons for the treatment 

 of diseases peculiar to the live stock of this country. It is a mat- 

 ter of national policy, a work of benevolence ; and should we 

 take a business view of the affair, it is a cent and dollar enter- 

 prise that will surely pay. 



We want schools and colleges in this country, where the young 

 men of America can acquire a republican veterinary education, 

 so that in the era before us, the people in this country can employ 

 the graduates of their own schools, endowed and fostered by theii 

 own enterprise and industry. Some persons have an idea that 

 veterinary science can only be acquired under the banner of loy- 

 alty, but this is a great mistake. I am aware that the people of 

 this country have been so absorbed in promoting its growth and 

 developing its resources, that there has been but little chance for 

 great scientific achievement in our calling, yet within the past 

 few years some of the most learned of our profession, educated 

 under the auspices of royalty and aristocracy, have been amazed 

 at the contributions to science furnished by a few devoted men in 

 this country that never saw the inside of an European college. 



As a national affair, therefore, it should be the pride of every 

 American citizen to put his shoulder to the wheel for the purpose 

 just indicated, for the enterprise will surely redound to the honor 



