300 S. R. HOWARD. 
The sooner your account is settled with a dissatisfied per¬ 
son in one way or another, after your services are no longer 
required, the less liable you will be to have any trouble. 
Keep your surgical knowledge at your finger ends. Band¬ 
ages too tightly applied are a great source of danger. I was 
called to a neighboring village with my swing. Horse ran 
away three or four days before ; had perforatus and per- 
forans tendons in one hind leg completely severed, and the 
other limb terribly lacerated from kicking; had been down 
ever since ; meanwhile treated by a blacksmith. I found legs 
bandaged extremely tight and swollen tense, and great con¬ 
stitutional fever with extreme nervousness. Placed him in 
slings, and put a high-heeled bar shoe on one foot, dressing 
the wounds antiseptically with bi-chloride solution, iodoform, 
tow and loose cotton roller. The condition of the parts 
would not admit of plaster bandages ; I was able to telephone 
directions ; owner called in a day or so. Great pieces of 
tissue were coming off; owner was disgusted and ordered 
death. Of course I received the blame, not the blacksmith. 
Tact and nice discernment in establishing and maintain¬ 
ing a proper attitude toward grooms and other attendants on 
stock, is a valuable qualification that may be cultivated with¬ 
out compromising yourself in the least. Love of approbation 
is natural, and to give attendants credit on proper occasions 
for faithfulness, is not only gratifying to them, but makes firm 
friends of them and secures their co-operation, which at times 
is not to be sneezed at. 
A young, struggling surgeon, fresh from college, among 
strangers and in a community where they are not used to the 
services of a qualified man, will hardly need to own a con¬ 
veyance the first year. Your customers will generally take 
you out and bring you back. Such being the case, they will 
often unnecessarily delay your return, make excuse after ex¬ 
cuse, and almost compel you to stay all night. Tell them 
plainly your time is money, but that you are perfectly willing 
to remain as long as they are pleased to detain you, but that 
you will have to charge accordingly. You will be surprised 
to see how they will then hustle around to get you back. 
