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for consumption, such diseases as cancer and glanders might 
readily be cured by discoveries of veterinary investigators. 
A few words about advertising. This is a very important 
consideration with us. As soon as the young practitioner puts 
up his sign, the question immediately arises, “ How shall I make 
myself known to the public in the shortest possible time?” I 
think, to put the matter in a nutshell, we should advertise the 
profession in a legitimate manner, and not individually. A man 
may contribute papers to societies, he may write letters to the 
papers, he may give lectures, but outside of good efficient work, 
I cannot see in what other way he can possibly advertise him¬ 
self. Strict attention to business, and the making of friends, is 
the secret of success with nearly all the medical men in this city. 
One little matter that will surely help the young practitioner is 
to have the reputation of kindness to animals. He should be¬ 
come a promoter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals ; he should avoid everything in practicing that gives 
pain, except when absolutely necessary. Anaesthetics should al¬ 
ways be used where possible. Docking, ear-cutting and spaying 
should not be countenanced. As regards the former, docking, it 
is merely a matter of fashion. It is a mutilation of the noblest 
animal we have. The same might be said of ear-cutting, but I 
am glad to say that no dog can be shown hereafter, at a dog show 
across the water, with his ears cut. 
Regarding spaying and the castration of the dog I quote 
from one of the first authorities upon the dog in America; 
namely, T. Wesley Mills. He says : 
“It is impossible to predict what effect on the physical and 
psychic nature of the dog these operations may have. After 
ether, the subject may be little more than a useless, animated 
mass of flesh, unworthy the name of ‘dog.’ The author would 
not allow any dog he owned to be thus operated on, nor could he 
be induced to perform it except when the parts are diseased ; and 
he hopes the time is not far distant when every reputable veter¬ 
inary surgeon will take the same view of the case, or absolutely 
refuse to thus run the risk of destroying the dog, as a dog, 
