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EDITORIAL. 
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lin (?), or is a pupil-graduate of Prof. (?) Ferguson, of England, or stu¬ 
dent of a Homeopathic Veterinary College (?), basing our excuse on 
the fact that it may be of some difficulty to ascertain that there is no 
such a thing as a \ eterinary College in Dublin, that Prof. (?) Ferguson, 
of England, has no right that we know of to grant Veterinary diplomas, 
and that there is no Veterinary school where homeopathic Veterinary 
medicine is taught; but the same does not hold good when the case re¬ 
lates to an American degree, as Veterinary schools are but few yet on 
our continent, and it is very easy to ascertain the validity of the claim¬ 
ant s credentials; and not only do we advise our horse and cattle own¬ 
ers to satisfy themselves of the truth regarding the graduation from 
such or such an American school, but we do think it is the duty of any 
and all members of the profession to prosecute any individual who so 
falsely represents himself as one of the members of the Veterinary pro¬ 
fession. 
We received lately a letter which gives a reason for the above 
remarks. A certain gentleman, representing himself “as a graduate of 
‘YOUR College, has been successfully practicing as a Veterinary sur¬ 
geon, winning for himself a very large practice, and being a credit to the 
school, though only an assumed graduate. In fact, he has raised the 
standard of the American schools in the mind of the public in the vicinity 
Up to there all is bright; the gentleman flies under false colors; he 
has obtained a very large practice ; he has raised the standard of the 
American schools. Still, he does not value them as much as the public 
does, and though his practice must have brought him means, he does 
not wish to lelieve himself of this cloak of imposture until-Let us 
continue the letter: “ About a year ago a graduate of Toronto School 
came and commenced practice .... and to increase it has lodged 
against the other (the former) information for unlawfully annexing V.S. 
to his name. ” And now comes the supposed means of obtaining rem¬ 
edy—" You are the only person that can help him over this difficulty by 
kindly sending him a seeming duplicate of a degree which he appeared to 
have taken in 1870 he pretends to have lost the original—for which he 
will be willing to pay you any reasonable amount. ” 
Of course no notice was taken of the letter as far as an answer was 
concerned, and it would have been thrown into the waste basket as 
merely the conclusion of a shameful comedy, but the end of the letter, 
and the name attached to it, were so surprising to us that we could not 
refrain from saying a word of advice to the writer—" 1 assure you I 
would not ask you to do this if Mr. X. was not competent to practice Vet- 
