THE VETERINARIAN AND THE HORSE-SHOER. 
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occupy, and in order to do this we naturally turn to the only 
souree within onr reach for instruction, namely, the veterinary 
graduates of the regular veterinary colleges, and the “ National 
Horse-shoers Protective Association ” instructed our committee 
to go to the National Veterinary Association, which met in 
Buffalo, last September, with instructions to place before them 
the conditions as recognized by the horse-shoers and ask them 
to aid dhe horse-shoers of the country by giving systematic 
lectnres upon the subject of anatomy and physiology of the 
the horse’s foot and leg, to which request the association heartily 
consented. And it is for the same purpose that I appear before 
you to-day, asking you to consent to lend your aid to the horse- 
shoers of the State of Ohio by giving lectnres upon these sub¬ 
jects before the various horse-shoers’ associations of the State 
when the horse-shoers ask for such service. The result of such 
lectures and the systematic study of the subject by the horse- 
shoers eannot be otherwise than beneficial, because when the 
horse-shoer has become educated and fairlv well understands the 
locomotory machinery of the horse he will then have fortified 
himself against the charge of incompetency so often justly laid at 
his door. 
The result of the education of the horse-shoer along the line 
of anatomy and physiology of the horse’s foot and leg will make 
him a competent helper to the veterinary, and will 'in no way 
infringe upon the rights or premises of the veterinarian, because 
with a superior knowledge of the normal eonditions of the foot 
and leg of the horse, he will know and fully understand that he 
is in no way qualified to treat the pathological condition of the 
foot and leg. 
Dr. Franklin said that one of the most fearful things to con¬ 
tend with was coneeited ignorance, and every veterinarian knows 
that the conceited horse-shoer is a hard eustomer to deal with. 
It has been said that the average horse-shoer knows no more 
about the foot of the horse than he did of a block of wood, and 
that it was not necessary for him to have an education or be a 
graduate of even a common high school. Perhaps this may be 
