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the dumb suffering brute, you certainly owe no less, though 
your obligations are of a different nature. 
In accepting the undertaking of the care of a sick or lame 
animal, in accepting the responsibility to allay his sufferings 
and to lelieve him, to cure him, you sign a moral contract, 
which for its fulfilment will demand your attention, your en- 
ergy, your intelligence, and in many instances send you back to 
your studies. To him you are in duty bound to give many of 
} our thoughts ; to carry him through his sickness, you have to 
use all the means that medical science has taught you to help in 
similar circumstances ; to return him to his work, to his useful¬ 
ness, to his owner, your services must always be ready by day 
and often by night. 
But, besides these, there are others that perhaps are not your 
obligations as veterinarian, but become such as a gentleman, 
and are alwavs to be expected from you. By them, I mean ob¬ 
ligations of kindness. It is true that in many instances means 
of restraint, of punishment, are required to subdue an animal 
for operation, no matter how simple, even for the administra¬ 
tion of medicines. Be kind to those patients, avoid unnecessary 
punishment; ignore, by all means, rough or brutal handling, 
and do not unnecessarily add to their miseries those that you 
would inflict upon them ; do not forget that they are dumb, of¬ 
ten powerless and, above all, that they are already suffering. 
To be kind to all animals is a motto which belongs to all 
\ eterinarians, and which I am sure you will all remember. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
POISONING BY PARIS GREEN. 
By Coleman Nockolds, M.D., V.S., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Subject, gray mare, Norman breed, 5 years old, good con¬ 
dition. Received message by telephone that above animal had 
eaten half pound of Paris green and was very uneasy. Dr. 
Conkey and myself started immediately and arrived at the farm 
about one hour and a half after the mare had eaten the poison. 
