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inconvenienced in their practice, but something out of pocket 
as well. It is true enough, that, in some situations (not 
in all) the forge, purely as a shoeing factory, “ brings no 
profit ; 55 but if it profiteth nothing as a shoeing forge, what 
does it produce as a vehicle for the discovery and relief and 
cure of ee foot cases , 55 and some others, perhaps, incidentally, 
as well ? The treatment of feet, hygienic as well as medical, 
is so inseparably bound up with the business of the forge 
that, in practice, they become inseparables; and he who 
essays to do without a forge, after having had one, and suc- 
ceeds in the curtailment, will, we think, be a doubtful 
gainer of respectability, w 7 hile, at the end of the year, he will 
find himself a certain loser of professional income. 
In the second piece of advice the Professor gave his audi- 
tory, we most cordially concur in opinion with him. Nothing 
is so apt to turn out the occasion of a man losing his good 
name, deservedly or not, as dealing in horses ; and not only 
losing his reputation for integrity of purpose, but perhaps 
of losing his friend into the bargain, should that friend, un- 
fortunately, happen to be his customer. A veterinary surgeon 
desirous of selling his horse has, too often, as the Professor 
justly observes, “ to sacrifice his professional knowledge to 
the love of gain, since he must either conceal defects w 7 hich 
he knows to exist, or speak of them as things of no conse- 
quence : 55 two subterfuges, either of which is unworthy of 
a man living on pretensions to science, and desirous of 
maintaining the character of a gentleman in his vocation. 
u Either , 55 adds the Professor, “ be a horse-dealer or a veteri- 
nary surgeon : you cannot be both . 55 
In this age of advancing science, it is not only an obstacle 
in the way of improvement, but it is derogatory to men pro- 
fessing an art grounded in the study of anatomy, physiology, 
pathology, chemistry, & c., to continue to make use of terms, 
not only unmeaning and inapplicable, but many of them no 
more than absolutely farriers 5 and grooms 5 jargon, and in the 
lowest degree vulgar. Mark for a moment such appellations 
as jack, splint, groggy , foundered, german , piper, roarer, whistler, 
