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J. P. LEWIS. 
therefore wholly due to this suppurative broncho-pneumonia 
produced in the way above mentioned. 
The case, then, is of no little importance as showing the 
liability to grave pneumonia where an abscess in the mouth 
remains neglected. 
The local conditions of the mouth if long untreated 
renders the system liable to disease by affecting the constitu¬ 
tion ; so, that a pneumonia can with much ease follow the as¬ 
piration of septic germs. I feel sure that had the case been 
subjected to operative procedure earlier, the chances for such 
infection would have been greatly diminished, and by a 
proper cleansing of the mouth after operation, the animal 
would have made a fair recovery. 
In conclusion, I beg to thank Dr. Martin McGill, of 
McGill Pathological Laboratory, for the kindly interest he 
has taken in this disease. 
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS. 
By J. P. Lewis, D.V.S., Madison, Wis. 
Read before the Wisconsin Society of Veterinary Graduates, Feb. 15. 
Professional ethics, or the duties and rights of professional 
practitioners. I shall confine my remarks exclusively to the 
veterinary profession. I know that I can give you nothing 
new, but the discussion of such subjects brings us closer 
together, makes us know each other better, and gives us 
greater respect for each other’s rights. I know that it is a 
difficult matter to draw the line where our individual rights 
leave off and the next man’s begin. In fact, our brother 
practitioner generally thinks his rights begin before we con¬ 
sider ours to have ceased. Each of us has a certain amount 
of selfishness and self-esteem. As a result, we often over-esti¬ 
mate onrselves and under-estimate others. In our selfishness 
we think that all the rights belong to us, but generously feel 
that what we do not want the others may have. This selfish¬ 
ness leads to fault-finding and backbiting among ourselves, so 
that the public gets thoroughly disgusted with us and loses 
what little confidence it had in the profession. 
Another injury is done the profession by one man’s dis- 
