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day when these two lines were attempted to be combined ir 
one man. 
In those colleges and stations where an equipment, al¬ 
though inadequate, is furnished, there is usually sufficient an 
noyance to the veterinarian to detract his attention from hit 
class-room work (which would otherwise be far better accom 
plished), and results in his doing half time and thought at twc 
lines of work and leaving each line half done. We have 
noted the insignificance of the investigations recorded by ex¬ 
perimenters, and were we to turn to their recorded study 
and work as teachers when occupying the double position we 
should find it quite as meager. It is a noteworthy fact that 
these colleges go to our veterinary colleges and select in the 
main the brightest and most promising young members oi 
our profession, and under proper environments these mer. 
should distinguish themselves by their recorded observations 
and studies, for certainly their opportunities in these places 
should be the very best; yet it seems that a man no sooner 
enters such a position than he is largely lost to sight in sc 
far as recorded work is concerned. Few indeed among them 
are ever heard from in standard literature in our journals or 
in our associations. 
It is to be hoped that these matters will soon largely 
mend themselves. First of all, the lack of results from sta 
tion work must eventually force those in control to seek the 
cause and attempt its removal, and when that is done we be¬ 
lieve we shall find the positions of teacher and experimenter 
thoroughly separated. A mutual friendship and interest be 
tween the two should always exist, as they r must prove very 
helpful to each other in many ways. 
The teacher should be left free to devote his energies to 
teaching and allowed time for study and thought, and oppor¬ 
tunity for an amount of private practice as would keep him 
refreshed and experienced. Experimental pathology belongs 
more properly to veterinary sanitary science, and should be 
pursued rather in relation with the veterinary police system 
of a State than with college education, and should to a great 
extent be under the control of intelligent stockmen. 
