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that there are not a few of us who would at least like to become 
more familiar with such operations as “ arytenoideraphy,” 
“ arytenectomy,” “ median neurotomy,” “ castration of crypt- 
orchids,” ‘‘caponizing,” “amputation of the penis,” “extirpa¬ 
tion of the clitoris,” and “ ovariotomy ” in mares afflicted with 
“nymphomania,” and perhaps many others which I could men¬ 
tion were you not all familiar with them ; and papers of that 
order would, I think, act as a stimulus for us to perform more 
of the higher class operations either therapeutically or experi¬ 
mentally, and thereby tend to advance the “Art of Surgery ” 
equally with the “ Science ” in general practice. To sum up, 
then, I have arrived at the following conclusions : 
ist. That the “Art of Surgery” has not kept pace with 
the “ Science ” in general practice. 
2d. That such is the case through a failure on the part of 
practitioners to realize that the principles of surgery are the 
same in all classes of operations. 
3d. That said principles can be applied in operations of 
any class, by graduates in veterinary surgery, by a careful study 
of the details pertaining to each particular operation. 
4th. That every practitioner owes it, as a duty to himself 
and his clients, to keep himself up-to-date in the “Art of Sur¬ 
gery ” just as much as in the use of new drugs for the relief of 
pathological conditions, so that he may be prepared at any time 
to perform any operation that may present itself to him. 
5th. That there are comparatively few papers pertaining to 
operative surgery presented at our association meetings, and, 
6th. That an increase in such papers would produce an in¬ 
crease of interest and a desire to perform many operations pre¬ 
viously considered beyond us as a result, and the problem of how 
to advance the “Art of Surgery ” with the science thereby solved. 
Now, gentlemen, while I realize that my paper has not done 
justice to its title and that I have, at best, made but a super¬ 
ficial survey of the subject which I have attempted to cover, I 
hope that it will at least sufflce to elicit the valuable opinions 
of some of my colleagues present that we may all profit by them. 
