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was due to the circumstance that any man was a horse doctor 
who chose so to denominate himself, and there were no veterinary 
schools in the country really possessing an established title to 
public recognition. 
That time is past. Since then, colleges of veterinary science 
have been established in the United States, which by the hon¬ 
esty and thoroughness of their work have made for themselves a 
reputation and a credit as strongly established as they were hon¬ 
orably acquired, and a name and recognition not at home, merely, 
but among the older institutions of Europe. And there has been 
no failure on the part of their graduates in readily compelling 
the confidence of a discerning public by testing to the full their 
proficiency and their knowledge in the calling they have chosen. 
The extent of our broad territory has been no bar to the diffusion 
of the influence exercised by these institutions, and the success of 
their graduates in winning renown and the rewards of skill and 
faithfulness, has been reflected upon them until their name and 
fame have become familiarly known throughout the land. No 
one will be surprised, therefore, to learn that mendacious persons 
are to be found who have availed themselves of this circumstance, 
and falsely claiming these institutions for their alma mater, have 
traded upon their repute to impose upon the public with spurious 
claims. Under these circumstances, it seems to become the ob¬ 
vious duty of those who have it in their power to do so, to warn 
and guard a cheated public against such disgraceful impostures 
and unscrupulous misrepresentations. 
With the design of aiding in the exposure of these deceptions, 
we began the publication some time ago, and design to continue 
it yearly, of the names of the regular graduates of all the veter¬ 
inary schools on the continent, as we find them officially pub¬ 
lished by their officers. We are sorry to say that our object has 
not been fully accomplished, and that impostors claiming to be 
graduates are still occasionally making their appearance in vari¬ 
ous parts of the country, robbing the people of their good money 
and often injuring, by their absurd treatment and worthless nos¬ 
trums, valuable animals whose lives and services, but for such 
quackery, might, have been longer continued to their owners. 
