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able where the adjoining state either has no law 
regulating practice, or where its regulation is 
inefficient. Otherwise, those unable to get a 
license, but desiring to practice within the state 
would simply take up their residence in the adjoin- 
ing territory, and practice from that point of van- 
tage. 
35. Certificate in the Place of License. In Ger- 
many any one may practice medicine, without a 
license, but he is forbidden to assume the title of 
“‘doctor’’ or of ‘‘physician,’’ unless he shall have 
passed an examination and received a certificate.2” 
A somewhat similar suggestion has been made in 
this country by the attorney of the state board 
in Wisconsin relative to the practice of medicine 
among human beings, because of the complications 
caused by the drugless methods of treatment. His 
suggestion was that practice be free, but that the 
board issue certificates to the effect that the hold- 
ers show a certain degree of proficiency in the 
science. Fortunately, the character of veterinary 
medicine is such as to exclude from consideration 
the need for such a distinction. Animals are not 
likely to be subjected to mental healing. 
36. License by Reciprocity. Although vari- 
ously worded, many of the statutes regulating the 
practice of medicine require that the candidates 
shall be personally examined by the members of 
the examining board. This imposes upon them a 
service to be exercised with discretion. It is pre- 
sumed that the members of the board have been 
selected with regard to their fitness to pass judg- 
27Meyer Verwaltungsrecht, 
79. 
