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the clinical aspect of medicine. Not before such a system is 
adopted can we look for a uniform standard of education. 
Now a word about our American degrees. I suppose that 
we all feel that this matter has assumed a ridiculous shape. 
Think of a hack-driver that goes through a two-winter college 
course and then comes out a Doctor of Veterinary Science, a 
Doctor of Comparative Medicine, a Doctor of Veterinary Medi¬ 
cine or what else. Would it not be more humane toward such 
poor fellows to confer to them the degree of “H. D.” Horse- 
Doctor ? Their burden would certainly be easier. As things 
now stand we had better .return to the V. S. which is good 
enough for any one, and leave all these preposterous degrees of 
Doctor to the disreputable colleges. I personally could never 
see the need nor the propriety of affixing the “Doctor” to our 
professional title. The intrinsic value of this degree is very low 
in this country. Learned Europe does not meddle with “Doctor” 
degrees and there is no M. D. or V. M. D. confered upon students 
who pass the graduation examination. The simple title of 
“Medecin” and “Arzt;” “Medecin Veterinaire” and “Thierarzt,” 
is appreciated in France and Germany by all as designating men 
of higher education. If anybody there aspires to a Doctor de¬ 
gree he must go through special examinations, write dissertations, 
etc., etc., which is a costly undertaking and is sought for by few. 
It is true that America is the home of the D. D., LL.D., and 
M. D., and a V. M. D. is. a natural sequence. But from reasons 
mentioned above let us hope that a worthy degree may be found 
which could be adopted by our three-year schools. Let us hope 
this for the good of the profession at home and for its better 
appreciation abroad. 
MY EXPERIENCE WITH TUBERCULIN IN A SMALL 
HERD OF CATTLE. • , 
By C. E. Clayton, D.V.S., 
Late House Surgeon, American Veterinary College Hospital. 
A local veterinarian was called to examine a horse on a farm 
in one of the adjacent towns, and while there was asked to look 
