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are too numerous for me to resume at this time ; but I person¬ 
ally know that no one can express nor tell the amount of 
information, of encouragement, of pleasure, that can be reaped 
by attendance upon those gatherings. One must have benefited 
b) them to know. And it will be only in later years that you 
will realize the good they have done you. 
“ Union is Strength ” must be one of your mottoes for the 
balance of your professional lives. Veterinarians must be breth¬ 
ren ; they all come from the same origin, their work is the 
same, their object in life, their national usefulness are the same. 
In the ordinary relations of life, veterinarians must lend to 
each other mutual help and assistance, and, whenever the occa¬ 
sion presents itself, give to each other the marks of esteem and 
consideration that belong to gentlemen and to gentlemen of 
education. Perfidious actions are too sad to consider. Under¬ 
rating services are below the respect that one owes to himself. 
What must be the duties of the young veterinarian in case 
of consultation ? In all cases, besides the example of good 
manners, good education, politeness and mutual respect, the 
consulting veterinarian must treat his colleagues with all pos¬ 
sible consideration. He must, above all, guard himself against 
the tendency to show superiority and to ridicule his colleague. 
Do not express your opinion too freely, do not give your advice 
nor express your ideas in public ; and, far from it, I will say, 
with Thierry, in his excellent work on “Veterinary Deontology”: 
“ Give your strong approval of the treating veterinarian in all 
cases, as long as you can do it without offending your conscience 
and the trust placed in your hands.” In a consultation veteri¬ 
narians ought always avoid, in front of their client, scientific 
discussions ; they are generally useless ; they ought never hesi¬ 
tate to acknowledge an error. 
Duties towards your (client. —These do not consist alone in 
the same obligations as those that are imposed between gentle¬ 
men, but specialty of those that trust obliges on the part of the 
one who receives it towards he who grants it. 
The person who comes to you asking your opinion in a case 
