574 VETERINARY MEDICINE IN AMERICA. 
(instead of restoring their normal condition), and to depress the 
vital energies. 
We shall have occasion, in the succeeding pages of this 
journal, to illustrate this barbarous system of medication ; and we 
are aware that it is no desirable or agreeable work to complain 
of the doings of others. But let it be understood that we are 
not contending with men, but principles; and since error and 
truth, good and evil, are all blended, and since error may be, 
and frequently is, mistaken for truth, and evil for good, we feel 
ourselves bound to separate the good from the bad, truth from 
error, and arrange them in such a manner that he who reads 
may learn. 
We labour for a better state of things. The car of medical 
reform rolls gracefully on, bringing to the rescue inquiring 
minds. The public demand, and ere long will have, a class of 
talented, high-minded, and merciful men, who shall administer 
to the wants of our domestic animals. Already the cry is, — 
and it emanates from ^ome of the most influential agriculturists 
in the country, — “ No more blood-letting !” “ Use your poisons 
on yourselves /’ Soon the fleam and lancet will grow dull, the 
firing-iron and other implements of torture will be abolished, or 
only resorted to by those in whose bosom not one spark of 
mercy exists. To such we would say that 
“ In that day 
When crime is sentenced, cruel man shall not 
Go uncondemned, because no tortured brute 
Stands there accusing.” 
For 
“ Our Father careth when a sparrow dies.” 
We appeal to the American people at large to aid us in the 
glorious work of reform ; they have great interests at stake. 
Ignorance on these important subjects has existed too long, in 
consequence of which, disease and death are running riot in our 
stables and around the barn-yard. Our best stock sicken and 
die, and we know not the why nor the wherefore. 
Let us all bear in mind that the Almighty placed the inferior 
orders of creation under our protection, and that he will require 
an account of our stewardship. Can we render a good account! 
Aside from this duty, humanity calls upon us to alleviate suffer- 
ing wherever it exists, with the assurance that the more friend- 
less the sufferer, the more honour does it reflect on him who 
alleviates it. 
