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N. S. MAYO. 
when you take into consideration the good results and the 
benefit that are derived from it, due credit cannot be refused 
nor the efforts remain unrecognized, and I may be allowed to 
ask if the example is not worthy to be followed. 
THE VETERINARIAN OF THE FUTURE. 
By N. S. Mayo, M. S., D. V. S., Storrs, Conn. 
A Paper read before the 36th Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical 
Association. 
I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, nor am I en¬ 
dowed with any special “ gifts” for revealing the future of the 
veterinarian that is to come, and yet I do claim the privilege, 
so dear to the heart of every citizen of the Republic, of express¬ 
ing one’s opinion, however erroneous it may be. 
We are standing to-day upon the threshold of a new century., 
a century so fraught with possibilities of progress that even the 
most optimistic dare not dream, and it may not be amiss if we 
pause, and see if we cannot, by thoughtful consideration, add 
something that may be helpful to the veterinarian of the future 
to take his place in the vanguard of the rapid march of the 
progress that is coining. 
We all know how rapid has been the progress of veterinary 
science and art in the past twenty-five years. It is within the 
memory of most of us when the fleam was the sheet anchor in 
the treatment of most of the diseases of animals, and I can re¬ 
member listening with boyish wonder to the deadly perils of 
“ hollow horn ” and “ wolf-in-the-tail.” I shall not weary you 
with a recital of the recent progress of* our profession. Con¬ 
sider our knowledge of anthrax, pleuro-pneumonia, Texas fever, 
tuberculosis and most other diseases. I do not believe the prog¬ 
ress of veterinary science has been Excelled by any other branch 
of medical science. 
I believe the veterinarian of the future must choose his 
profession from high and noble motives, not for monetary con¬ 
siderations alone, but because of a desire to alleviate the suffer- 
