. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. TWENTY-FOUR Vol XVII. No 17 No. 313 SaSHsTKBfiiT. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1890. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A TEAS, "SoundnesB" in Veterinary Law. XFrom a paper read by Prof. A. Liautard "before the 27th Aimnal Meeting of the United States Veterinary Association, Sept. 17,1890.] The decision of the question of the soundness of a horse, or, in other words, his valne when offered for sale or sought for purchase, is one of the most important of the duties devolving on the veterinarian. As affecting the seller or the purchaser of the a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. TWENTY-FOUR Vol XVII. No 17 No. 313 SaSHsTKBfiiT. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1890. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A TEAS, "SoundnesB" in Veterinary Law. XFrom a paper read by Prof. A. Liautard "before the 27th Aimnal Meeting of the United States Veterinary Association, Sept. 17,1890.] The decision of the question of the soundness of a horse, or, in other words, his valne when offered for sale or sought for purchase, is one of the most important of the duties devolving on the veterinarian. As affecting the seller or the purchaser of the animal, it is of course the first in import- ance, and it is one which is constantly coming before the veterinarian for the exercise of hia skill and trial of his integ rity, and I may add, his courage. Every day animals are brought to him for examination and judgment, and he is called upon for written certificates as to their condition and soundness, and it is usually his verdict which determines the question of sale or no sale. The responsibility which is thus laid upon his Bhoulders may be, and is in fact, sometimes enormous, and no man can count the damage he may incuf from an unacceptable decision, pro or con, however honest, when the result of such an opinion may spoil a good trade for one man, or involve another in a bad bargain. In the performance of this part of our professional duty, there is no possibility of escape or of chance for the concealment of an opinion, it must be stated in black and white, and what- ever onr judgment may be, it is most likbly, in a majority of cases, to be acondemn9tion of the animal. What is soundness? is indeed, not a question which can always be answered correctly off-hand. If it must mean a perfect horse—perfect in form and wholly free from blemish or disease, it will undoubtedly be as difficult, perhaps, as impossible a task to find such an animal as it would be to find a literally perfect human being. But this cannot be the true mea
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