600 
W. H. DALRYMPLE. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
THE VETERINARIAN AND THE HUMANITARIAN. 
THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN THE VETER¬ 
INARY PROFESSION OF TO-DAY AND ORGANIZED 
SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF 
cruelty to animals. 
By W, H. Dalrymple, M. R. C. V. S., Baton Rouge, La. 
A Paper read before the American Humane Association, at their Twenty-first Annual 
Convention, held in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1897. 
Mr. Preside 7 tt.^ Ladies and Gentlemen of The American Hu¬ 
mane Association : 
I can assure you I feel highly honored by the invitation ex¬ 
tended to me, through your local committee, to address this 
convention of workers in such a noble cause as that of endeav¬ 
oring to prevent and alleviate the sufferings of “ Nature’s Dumb 
Nobility.” Statistics, with regard to the beneficent results, the 
world over, of the great and good work of this and kindred as¬ 
sociations, must be familiar to the majority of you, conse¬ 
quently this impressive side of the work I do not purpose 
touching upon, but will confine my remarks chiefly to that im¬ 
portant branch of the subject suggested by the caption of my 
paper. 
On account of my devotion to that noble branch of medical 
science of which I have the honor of being a humble representa¬ 
tive, I trust I may be pardoned should my effort, on this occa¬ 
sion, appear to savor somewhat strongly of veterinary profes¬ 
sionalism. It is a fact, however,, that the modern veterinary 
profession is as yet but slightly known in many parts of this 
country, and is in consequence, indifferently appreciated. We 
are constrained to the belief, however, that when the hand of 
Time has fallen upon its endeavors to right the wrongs of past 
ages, the dark doings of empiricism, superstition and cruelty 
will yield to the photophobic influence of the light of educa¬ 
tion, reason and intelligence. 
