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see veterinarians disagreeing on cases if possible through a 
jealous motive where they are not consulted in case or interested 
in it in any way. 
Thre are often cases where consultation in a case is very 
advisable and necessary. In the first instance, you are some¬ 
times called to a case where there is an animal very dangerously 
ill, or perhaps no chance of recovery. The owner’s confidence 
pei haps wavers, and here, if consultation be had with some 
good man, your views are sustained, and client’s confidence in 
you more thoroughly implanted, from the fact that some other 
person of the profession has coincided with you in your views. 
In the second place, often there is some obscurity in the 
case, and as no two men may see a patient’s condition in the 
same phase, the result of a consultation may lead to a slight 
change in treatment which may benefit patient. 
The consultation should be conducted in a way becoming 
professional men, and thus bring the veterinarian before the 
client and public in the true light. In consultation where you 
have been consulted, never see patient afterward, unless in com¬ 
pany with the attending veterinarian. Do not seek to rob him 
of his client, and if the owner should request you to see patient 
again, it is better to refuse to do so unless the attending veter¬ 
inarian has been discharged. It is far better to lose a fee than 
to gain the ill-will of some competitor. For the profession, it 
would be far better to give your competitor a good word or 
none, rather than give any expression of ill-will, which can 
have only the result of lowering the profession in the estimation 
of the people. 
The collection of bills is one which proves itself a great 
stumbling-block to many practitioners, especially the young 
man in his early career. Its bearing upon the relation of 
the veterinarian to client will be seen, when we consider 
that oftimes the very success of a young practitioner depends 
upon his success in this line. The veterinarian, besides being a 
professional man, must find that he must be a business man 
also, the piesentation of bills, it is found in most cases more 
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