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land, and recommended the measures of Professor Law, that of 
“ stamping out.” 
Mr. Pendry makes matters still worse on the next question : 
By the Chair—“ What were the qualifications required for a vet¬ 
erinary surgeon ?” and I said there were none. That I emphat¬ 
ically deny. The Chairman is a physician of repute in this city, 
and well adapted for the position he occupies, and deserves great 
credit for what he has accomplished as a sanitarian. He knows 
himself the requirements of a physician, and also those of a vet¬ 
erinary surgeon, and it would have been absurd for him to ask 
such a question. No such question was put, and if it was, I will 
answer it now. 
I am doubtful if Mr. Pendry has many of the essential require' 
ments. If he had, he would have been more careful in making 
a truthful report. Whether it is wilful or unintentional, I am un¬ 
able to form an opinion, but it will give him an opportunity to 
correct his statements, and for the future be a little more just in 
his remarks, especially to his senior and more qualified veterinary 
surgeon. 
While on this topic it would be as well to say a few words 
for the guidance of other members of the profession, and es¬ 
pecially the junior ones. Let each and every one of them con¬ 
duct themselves in a manner becoming an educated gentleman. 
I presume that is the first advise given to them at their introduc¬ 
tory lecture, and instead of trying to disgrace the noble calling 
by their mean actions, let them make every effort to elevate it, 
and be strictly sociable and honest in all their dealings. 
I have had ample opportunities to correct blunders made by 
veterinary surgeons just out of their pupilage, and others that 
have been years in practice, but because I am generous enough 
to overlook them (and no one can accuse me of either- ridiculing 
their work in print or in practice, when I might have exposed 
them, either or both, by tongue and pen), it might be taken for 
granted that I have not noted their inefficiency, but please do not 
labor under any such delusion. I am certainly not infallible, nor 
do I pretend to be, but I expect when it is time to criticise, it 
should be done in a gentlemanly and friendly spirit, and not in 
the low, slurring manner which has hitherto been done. 
