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who practiced veterinary medicine and surgery as a profession 
in this State for a period of ten years prior to May 9, 1893, an d 
who was eligible to register according to the provisions of chap¬ 
ter 313 of the laws of 1886, but who failed to register in the 
veterinary medical register in the county in which he so prac¬ 
ticed, may, on unanimous recommendation of the State board of 
veterinary medical examiners, receive from the regents a certifi¬ 
cate which shall entitle him to register as a veterinary practi¬ 
tioner in the county of his residence or practice at any time 
within two months after the passage of this act.” The latter 
bill furthers the provision of the former by modifying the 
licensing clause to admit those provided for in the foregoing 
amendment. The Governor vetoed Senate Bill 899, 987, which 
provided that u any person who matriculated in a veterinary 
medical school prior to Jan. 1, 1895, and who received his de¬ 
gree therefrom prior to Jan. 1, 1897, may on recommendation 
. register as a veterinary practitioner in the county of 
his residence,” etc. 
Empiricism S^From the Horseshoeds Journal\. — During 
the past month a communication was received at this office from 
a well-known veterinarian, who makes complaint against the 
practice of some horseshoers invading the domain of veter¬ 
inary medicine, when their qualifications are not such as to en¬ 
title them to legitimately assume such practice. Says our cor¬ 
respondent, who, by the way, does not write for publication, but 
rather as a slight reminder, that the practice which he refers to 
bears the stamp of rank empiricism, “ What disappoints me most 
is that some of the parties whom I have in mind were careful 
to attend a course of lectures which was specially prepared for 
horseshoers by qualified veterinarians, whose admiration for 
men who were endeavoring to improve their status in society 
was of that nature that made it a pleasure for them (the veter¬ 
inarians) to lend what assistance they had at their disposal to 
the end of enlightenment, an action which I am convinced 
called for a steady recognition at the hands of those benefited, 
instead of the ingratitude which some of those referred to have 
an undue quantity of.” We are glad that this question has 
been brought to notice, not that we will now engage in any 
lengthy discussion of it, but because, like everything else, a 
starting point must be reached, and in no better way can a sat¬ 
isfactory adherence to principles be germinated through a com¬ 
munity than by a thorough and enlightened discussion of the 
rights or wrongs which attend such. If delved into, this ques- 
