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The goal in my life is to attain a career that I love doing daily. This profession, to me, would most definitely have to be a veterinarian. Veterinary medicine began several hundred years ago. It was practiced by men with no degree. They practiced their profession with no anesthesia, no antibiotics, limited income, minimal equipment, and minimal knowledge. Today, it’s a different situation; the potential is unlimited. The profession of veterinary medicine began in the early 1800’s when people’s horses and other animals (pigs, oxen, cattle, goats, dogs) became ill or injured. These early animal doctors had little references to go by, they assumed that the animal and the human organs were in the same locations and in the same proportions. The veterinarians back then used very crude tools and often times the animal would get an infection because the utensils were not sterilized. Also, under operation the patients were given primitive anesthesia that rarely eased the pain. There were no antibiotics in the early days to fight infections so many of the “treated” animals became sick and died after the operations. As the time went on, more and more veterinarians were needed, thus new technolog