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JAMES LAW. 
tempt to make veterinarians of her agricultural students , and never did 
attempt nor profess to do so. That she furnishes them instruction in 
veterinary anatomy, physiology, hygiene, distetics, breeds of animals, princi¬ 
ples of breeding j in the geology and management of soils in relation to 
their foddet products and to enzootic diseases j in the principles of veterin¬ 
ary medicine and surgery j in veterinary obstetrics j and in the principles 
of shoeing, is true ; but this is only a part of their agricultural course, 
and the degree given to each student is that of Bachelor of Agriculture, 
not Bachelor of Vetermary Science. So much for the charge that the 
University attempts t6 make veterinarians of agriculturists. 
I hen as to the regrets that I am supposed to have expressed at 
having been accessory to the act charged. I can confess to no remorse 
foi die sm which I have not committed. In place of condemning it, I 
think the Veterinary Department of Cornell University” is of unspeak¬ 
able advantage to the future agriculturists who receive their training 
here. I have no fear of any human being acquiring too much knowl¬ 
edge of the organization, hygiene and pathology of himself or his stock. 
In this matter we are consistent. Every student in “ Cornell ” must 
obtain a training in the physiology and hygiene of his own system. No 
less important is it that every stock owner should receive as full instruc¬ 
tion as possible as to the physiology, hygiene, and pathology of his ani¬ 
mal possessions. As all our students are taught the conditions that 
secure health in their food, drink, air, and habits, and are not left help¬ 
less in case of sudden accidents, such as apparent drowning, suffoca¬ 
tion by irrespirable gases, fainting, wounded arteries, choking, etc., so 
none of our agricultural students are sent out without such knowledge 
as w 1 11 enable them to select land that will prove wholesome to their 
stock, or to improve the insalubrious land they may already possess ; 
without a knowledge of how to prevent disease by sound diet and regi¬ 
men, and to restore health by correcting a faulty management ; they are 
indoctrinated in the modes of dissemination of animal plagues and of 
parasitic diseases ; they are ready to relieve tympany and choking at a 
moment s notice, and are not compelled to leave the animal to perish 
while they ride off for the veterinarian ; they can help in a difficult 
parturition, ward off a chill and threatening inflammation, and resort to 
a number of othei expedients which will save them many times over 
the money they have expended in their education, and which could not 
be successfully adopted after they had ridden several miles for a veter¬ 
inarian and back again. 
Instead of proving inimical to the scientific man, men educated in 
