On the education and training of the veterinary pupil : the present state of veterinary medicine and veterinary literature : and on the art of horseshoeing and its relation to the veterinary profession / by W. Haycock.

  • Haycock, William.
Date:
1866
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Credit: On the education and training of the veterinary pupil : the present state of veterinary medicine and veterinary literature : and on the art of horseshoeing and its relation to the veterinary profession / by W. Haycock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    shoeing-smith of the present, and with what result you all know ; while long subsequently, the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has been established to raise the character, intelligence, and standing of the druggist, and the result in this instance is said to be highly satisfactory. We need not, then, regard the plan with doubt or suspicion. By its adoption good to all whom it may concern would ultimately result. If carried out, gentlemen, depend upon it less intemperance would prevail amongst the men who work in our forges, while strikes amongst them would become events only of the shadowy past. We are , in duty bound, gentle- men, to aid in the removal of all obstacles which impede the pro- gress of our profession, and the evils I speak of are of this nature. It is not for us in such cases to question our responsibility, but to place our strength against the obstacles, and to labour without ceasing until their existence is but a matter of history. I cannot conclude without a few observations respecting veteri- nary medical associations. An indifference, to say the least of it, to their welfare possesses many of our body ; numbers of veterinary surgeons keep aloof from the movement, while others who join our ranks are scarcely^ lukewarm in the good cause. Does this arise from timidity, or from a mental torpor which is alike deplorable to themselves and to the progress of the profession 1 The advan- tages to be derived from professional association are incalculable— we gain neio ideas; and whether we regard their value to ourselves intellectually and morally or in a commercial sense, it is still a matter of surprise that such torpor should exist. If we regard their acqui- sition in the latter sense, every new idea is simply a fresh aid to professional advancement or a new vein of wealth to the possessor. The progress of every man, says Emerson, is through a suc- cession of teachers; and filled with vain weakness is he who will not, and poor is he who cannot, impart to his professional brethren— an idea.