Word: cosseted
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...veterinarians talked shop, slapped backs, sang songs, waved aside the term ''horse doctor" as an obsolete vulgarism, heard scores of papers on such subjects as "The Pathogenesis of Ketosis" and "Infectious Enterohepatitis" gravely pondered the growing breach between sturdy practitioners on farm animals and city doctors who cosset socialites' pets. At the Ohio State Fair grounds there were expert demonstrations of tonsillectomy, caesarian section, amputation of the breast and painless killing of dogs; castration of aged boars; operation for umbilical hernia and rectal prolapse in swine; ovariectomy and dehorning of cattle; artificial insemination of mares...
...case of dealing with the prostate gland of Raymond ("Le Lion") Poincare. At the time of his resignation as Prime Minister the illness of the "Lion of Lorraine" was described as "gastric fever'' (TIME, July 29). Last week, however, the precise facts were made known by Surgeons Marion and Cosset...