THE BROADER FIELD OF THE VETERINARIAN.* 
By A. Joly, D.V.S., Waterville, Me. 
The veterinarian of to-day has a vast field of operation, when 
one stops to consider the different important questions he is 
called upon to solve. 
I will not take up your time in reviewing with you what the 
veterinarian has achieved in this great country of ours, neither 
shall I bring before you the different specialties embraced by the 
veterinary profession all through the United States; but I wish 
to call your attention to certain daily work which belongs to us, 
that is to say, of different problems which the veterinarian of 
Maine should emphasize to the public as being the best qualified 
citizen to handle. What are the positions in Maine which should 
be filled by the veterinarian? 
i. That of Live Stock Sanitary Commissioner. 2. One mem¬ 
ber of the State Board of Health should be a veterinarian. 3. 
All cities should have a veterinarian on their Boards of Health. 
4. Milk inspectors should be veterinarians. 5. Judges of live 
stock at our State Fairs should be veterinarians. 6. Agents for 
the prevention of cruelty to animals should be veterinarians. 
During my 22 years of practice I have been in contact with 
the veterinary profession of this state. I know its material, and 
it is with pride that I can say that the Maine Veterinary Medical 
Association can furnish men to fill the different positions that I 
have enumerated above. 
Thirty-eight states out of forty-eight have a state veterinarian. 
For political reasons, it is assumed, our Governor has appointed 
a farmer as Live Stock Sanitary Commissioner. 
Some two years ago at a conference on tuberculosis held at 
Augusta by the State Board of Health, three veterinarians were 
present, having been invited to assist in the study of this great 
* Read before the Maine Veterinary Medical Association, at Augusta, April, 1912. 
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