A NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH. 
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the good of the whole. He must be a gentleman of culture, a 
philosopher, as well as a mere technicalist. He must be acquainted 
with the entire veterinary police laws and systems of the world, 
and, if possible, have lived more or less in them. He must have 
an organisative ability of the highest stamp, for he has almost single 
handed to lay the foundation of a veterinary educational and 
police system, and woe betide him if he fails. Woe betide the man, 
who in the face of the results of a “ century of American medi¬ 
cine ,” in the face of the lessons it teaches, in the face of the re¬ 
sults of the veterinary educational system of Britain, in the face 
of the emphatic testimony in favor of one or two national veterin¬ 
ary institutions of education as exemplified by France and Ger¬ 
many—woe unto the man, who, in the face of these testimonies , 
woidd advocate either private or State institutions for veterinary 
education. One standard of education, one diploma for the 7 iation, 
one school, until the needs of the country absolutely demand two, 
when both should be under the same system. One grand veterinary 
educational investigatory , prophylactic, practical and police 
system is what the 7iation wants, and he who advocates any other 
form is not the friend of his country, is 710 true stude7it of history, 
is 710 time scientist. We must have a man to fill this positio7i 
whose work and ways testify to his ambition, to his willingness to 
count life, family, friends, as nothing, in his desire for the fur¬ 
therance of his country and his profession. We must have a man 
with trustworthy testimonials of his ability for this mighty work. 
We must have a man thoroughly at home in veteiinary pathologi¬ 
cal anatomy, and not ignorant of human pathology ; yes, we 
should say, so well at home in the latter as not to fall into any of 
the “ identical fallacies ” so absurdly sought after by veterinary 
writers of the piresent day, who hope thereby to bolster up their pro- 
fess' 1071 . We must have a man in the flowery days of life, so that 
we may hope to see him live to place this grand national necessity 
on a solid, scientific and adamantine basis. If we can find a man 
personally acquainted with the leading men of Europe, so much 
the better ; we must have one able to read at least German and 
French, for it will be an absolute necessity to receive all the vet¬ 
erinary enactments of these lands. Germany has t\yo veterinary 
