VETERINARY SURGEON PEAS. 
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THE CAREER AND DIREFUL FATE OF VETERINARY 
SURGEON PEAS. 
At First — 
He’d the deep and profound knowledge 
Learned at the veterinary college, 
Tuberculosis and neuroses, 
Diagnosing (?) displaced caecum, 
Vis a tergo, metric system, 
Inulin and haemachroses, 
Strongylus-ovis-pulmonalis, 
Stomach flayed by paracentesis, 
Sarcoptes and diapedesis. 
Composition of the faeces,— 
These, all these, and many more than these. 
Were known to Veterinary Surgeon Peas. 
And Then — 
He knew all the carbohydrates 
And their effect on nutrition. 
Nitrogen and splenic function. 
Hyaline degeneration. 
Knew the history of paresis 
From the time of King Rameses, 
Knew speciflcs for condition, 
Inflammation, exudation,* 
Thoroughpin and exostosis. 
Also how to aid osmosis,— 
These, all these, many more than these. 
Were known to Veterinary Surgeon Peas. 
Seeking the Bubble — 
He was stuffed with erudition 
As you stuff a leather cushion, 
Cutting “ rigs ” and balanced ration, 
Manyplies with great impaction, 
Myxoedema, vaccination, 
Antitoxine agitation. 
Multiplied exaggeration ; 
Authority on legislation. 
Germicidal cultivation ; 
