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and invaluable, and veterinary science to-day stands on its own 
merits, and by intrinsic worth has pushed its way to public and 
universal recognition. No particular medical mixture is any 
longer regarded as the panacea for all the ailments to which ani¬ 
mal life is heir ; neither is any one symptom considered the in¬ 
fallible sign of a certain disease. The competent veterinarian 
meets one of the urgent demands of national and international 
life—the man who is well versed in all the affairs which gO' 
to make the veterinary profession a necessity, who is a skillful 
surgeon, and who can make an accurate diagnosis, especially of 
those contagious diseases which affect both man and beast. 
“That this is true, is evinced by the fact that the United 
States to-day employs a large number of veterinary surgeons 
to superintend and carry on its scientific and experimental work. 
Surgery has been completely changed and the veterinarians of 
ability who are employed at the various experimental stations, 
are disentangling medical knots, solving questions which have 
long perplexed the veterinary world and bringing light on many 
things which were formerly considered mysterious. It is the 
efficiency in our ranks which has revolutionized the relation of 
our profession to other professions, and has put us to the very 
front. In evety department of our national life we hear the call 
for thoroughly disciplined and competent men, and our vocation 
is by no means an exception. The requirements of our veteri¬ 
nary colleges are indicative of a bright future for us. Their 
corps of instructors specify a curriculum of a high standard, and 
arrange a graded course which requires three or more years of 
diligent application on the part of the student. Graduation re¬ 
quires a thorough knowledge of anatomy, general pathology, 
morbid anatomy, physiology, chemistry, bacteriology, entozoa,. 
hygiene, medicine and surgery. Comparative medicine, care 
and management of stock, meat, dairy and milk inspection, and 
all other branches pertaining to the profession are ably taught.. 
“ The necessity and advantage of such a rigid course of study 
will be readily seen, when we remember how much depends on 
the judgment and competency of veterinarians who examine 
cattle, hogs and sheep that are shipped to Europe, from Omaha,. 
Chicago, Buffalo, New York and other points. The demand for 
our stock meat and dairy products in the foreign market, is 
regulated largely by the healthy condition of our herds and their 
inspection at shipping points and abattoirs and the microscopic 
examination of the meat, to insure against microbes which 
would be detrimental to health. In this country where so much 
