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if they desire to act towards one another as professional men 
should do. Of course competition interferes with the obser¬ 
vance of ethics, and the survival of the fittest is the order of 
the day. But if the profession is to advance and hold its 
proper place in the scientific world, its members must observe 
the ordinary rules of etiquette, and encourage consultations 
while endeavoring to cultivate a proper esprit de corps. The 
adverse criticism of the public we cannot always avoid, but 
by adhering to the motto Vis unita fortior we can afford to 
treat it lightly. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
EXTENSIVE FRACTURE OF THE CRANIUM, WITH A VERY SLIGHT 
INTERFERENCE WITH FUNCTION. 
By Bernard Gunther, Student of the American Veterinary College. 
Like every student attending college, I was very desir¬ 
ous upon the close of the ’94-95 session to receive a little 
practical knowledge by going around with a doctor until the 
season of ’95-96 would open up again, to receive further tu¬ 
ition in this great science. In due time I was accorded 
the privilege of seeing the sick and disabled animals, by Dr. 
Roscoe R. Bell, D.V. S., of Brooklyn, with whom I have had 
the pleasure of studying a great many peculiar cases, but 
the one I am about to narrate is, perhaps, the most interest¬ 
ing one, and it is safe to say that it will be a long time until 
we meet another like it. 
The subject of this sketch was a green five-year old chest¬ 
nut mare, which had landed from the West two months prior 
to this history ; had been sold by a dealer, and not being paid 
for, was taken back and shown to the doctor s client, with 
the intention of selling. He had her on trial for three days, 
and finding her satisfactory in driving and deportment,, 
brought her to Dr. Bell for an opinion as to her soundness. 
She received a careful examination at rest and in motion, and 
beyond the fact that the lower lid of the right eye was tume¬ 
fied and weeping, no objection was found with her. This 
