VETERINARY ETHICS. 
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But incidental matters are of no great importance to him; 
te has obtained the title he was after, and now he is 
;oing to inaugurate his business and open his “career;” 
>ut of course the first step to be taken is to go to the printer 
or his card. Perplexing moment! how shall he word it? 
4e has seen the cards of others, and does not like their style, 
dis pride rebels against the idea of assuming more than he 
las a right to; he does not like the idea of announcing him- 
elf as a M.R.C.V.S., a graduate of an English school, a mem- 
>er of so many veterinary associations, etc., and yet he feels 
hat he must pose as something more than a simple veterin¬ 
arian, and as long as his alma mater has done something for 
lim in graduating him, he will return the compliment. His 
dma mater serves for a trade-mark; he will take advantage 
>f the* same, and his card will flourish with “ Graduate of 
he Blank Veterinary College.” 
1 know some—who ought to know better—who do the 
ame thing if they happen to possess a foreign degree, 
vhether it be English, German or French. This is not all, 
towever. Having always “ an eye to business,” he looks for 
eferences, and these duly find a place on his card—just as a 
>atent.medicine man, a baby feed maker, an anatomical shoe- 
naker, or perfect corset manufacturer—or what not—it is his 
rade-mark, and by this sign he hopes to conquer fame and 
'iches. 
He goes still further, and though just out of school, and 
vhile his shoes are yet covered with the dust of the lecture- 
ooms, he sets out to drum trade by becoming a specialist! 
)ne is a dentist, another chooses lameness for his specialty, 
third is great on castration and its various requirements, or 
>erhaps becomes a canine pathologist. 
Imagine, gentlemen, a veterinarian of a few hours, and 
>osing as a specialist; or, the possessor of all the knowledge 
nd expert skill which honest professional men are glad to 
ttain at the end of long years of study and practice, as if the 
mysteries of the book of animal diseases could be seized with 
he first grasp. Let us pause for a moment, and ask where 
re the ethics, and of what kind are they, that appear in such 
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