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JACOB HELMER. 
edge the courtesy of Dr. A. W. Clement, the efficient secretary 
of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners of Mary¬ 
land, in sending us a copy of a little pamphlet recently issued 
by them giving a list of all veterinarians registered in that State, 
together with their law, and the act creating the State Veteri¬ 
nary Sanitary Board for the control of contagious and infectious 
diseases. The work is the outcome of the individual enterprise 
of the members of the board, who hope to be reimbursed for 
their outlay from the sale of the book. It is a valuable reference 
book, and will be of great assistance to all requiring such a 
compend. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
HOMEOPATHY IN VETERINARY PRACTICE-WHY 
I DO NOT PRACTICE IT. 
By Jacob Helmer, D.V.S., Scranton. Pa.' 
A Paper read before the Pennsylvania State Vet. Med. Association, at Reading, Oct. 6, 
1896. 
Systems of healing, like those of religion, attract their fol¬ 
lowing by virtues real or imaginary. Attracted by superior 
virtue, intelligent and honest men have forsaken one form of 
religious belief for another or have abandoned a mode of healing 
which circumscribed their ability and skill. This is right. It 
shows a spirit of progression. Investigation is the mother of 
progress. 
Articles tending to show the advantages of homeopathy over 
the regular treatment in medicine and the reports of success 
with remedies applied according to this system have appeared 
in our journals as evidence of a progressive tendency on the 
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part of the writer. But the experiences reported have to the 
extent of their influence tended to array homeopathy against 
the regular practice ; that this was not the motive is evident 
from the diffidence as well as the acknowledgment of limited 
experience in this mode of healing. Charlatans have, however, 
