PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION K. 71 



The establishment of a University Veterinary School and 

 Veterinary Research Institute are matters of more recent date. 



As may be imagined the question of dealing with applications 

 for registration of men alleged to have practised during the pre- 

 scribed period has been a frequent source of trouble, and some- 

 times of expensive litigation. But, on the whole, the Board has 

 carried out its duties fearlessly, both in regard to refusing regis- 

 tration to applicants whom it considered ineligible, and in prose- 

 cuting persons for illegally practising, and the members of the 

 proiession, in spite of occasional grumbling about unregistered 

 persons practising, are well protected in Victoria, and stock- 

 owners on the other hand need not be imposed upon by unqualified 

 men. It is gratifying to know that the other States are followiut 

 Victoria's example, and it is to be hoped that ere long there will 

 be uniform legislation or something approaching it throughout the 

 whole Commonwealth. 



What has the Veterinary Profession done for Australia? 



Notwithstanding the long-delayed recognition of the services 

 of veterinary surgeons to the stock-owning and general public, ii 

 must be admitted that especially during the last twenty-five years 

 our profession has put up a grand record in Australia. The 

 veterinary inspection of all imported stock has prevented the in- 

 troduction of any new diseases! The importance of this inspec- 

 tion is well exemplified in the detection by Mr. Edward Stanley. 

 F.R.C.V.S., of glanders in a troop of circus horses that had been 

 brought over from America. The affected horses were immedi- 

 ately destroyed, and the rest quarantined effectively on an island, 

 and the disease prevented from entering the State. 



The early diagnosis of pleuro- pneumonia by the late Mr. Henry 

 Wragge and the strong warning given by him against allowing 

 the disease to spread, though his warning was not observed, is 

 worthy of permanent record. 



The recognition of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease by 

 the late Mr. Graham Mitchell, in 1872, and the immediate 

 destruction of the affected herd effectually arrested further spread- 

 ing of the disease, and the amount thus saved to the country is 

 incalculable. Mr. Mitchell also introduced and extensively prac- 

 tised inoculation for the prevention of pleuro-pneumonia. He 

 also, assisted by the writer, commenced the cultivation o f calf 

 lymph for the vaccination of children, which is still carried on 

 at the Royal Park depot. 



After receiving instruction from Pasteur's representatives, 

 Messrs. Germont and Loir, who came out to New South Wales 

 to introduce vaccination against anthrax, I commenced the culti- 

 vation of tubercle-free pleuro virus on calves, and continued to 



