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of the disease ; and the measures concluded on as most essen- 

 tial were, first, the immediate slaughtering of all animals 

 that had come in contact with the plague, as also of those 

 which might be considered as under suspicion of having the 

 disease, in consequence of the influences to which they had 

 been exposed, this being accompanied by a proper compensa- 

 tion to the owners ; secondly, the burial of the dead bodies 

 of all animals affected with the plague, without attempting to 

 utilize them in any way whatever; thirdly, the utilization of 

 the flesh of sound animals killed under suspicion, but proved 

 after death to have been healthy, this to be permitted only 

 under special conditions rigorously determined ; fourthly, the 

 destruction of the germs of the contagion wherever they can 

 be found, in the slaughter-houses, on harness, in pastures, in 

 railway trains, etc., as also the disinfection of all objects with 

 which they have been brought in contact ; fifthly, isolation, 

 as complete as possible, of the places where the plague has 

 been found to exist, so that no animal believed to be capable 

 of carrying the contagion or of receiving it shall be allowed 

 to enter the infected districts, this isolation to be put in prac- 

 tice on farms and all other localities, and to be of greater or 

 less extent, according to the extension of the disease; sixth- 

 ly, the establishment around the places in which the isolation 

 has been ordered, and which have been declared infected, of 

 a zone where the movements of cattle are forbidden, as well 

 as all commerce in any thing that may serve as a vehicle of 

 the contagion, such as fodder, dung, and animal products and 

 materials of every kind ; seventhly, the suspension of fairs 

 and movements of cattle in the infected locality and the sus- 

 pected zone, so that the authorities may have a guarantee 

 that animals have not been moved by clandestine traffic from 

 the place which they originally occupied ; eighthly, as soon 

 as a case of plague has been officially established in any lo- 

 cality, an immediate declaration is to be made of every new 

 case, as soon as known, by the keepers of animals; ninthly, 

 after the disappearance of the disease from the localities, suit- 

 able precautions and methods of disinfection are to be pre- 

 scribed preliminary to the restocking of the stables and pas- 

 tures, and the re-establishment of the liberty of trade in 

 cattle. 



In all these various measures there is really nothing new. 



