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ference beingj carried in 1889, imposing 14 days' quarantine on 

 all horses other than Australian bred, we would to a certainty 

 have had this disease imported hy "Sell Brothers'" circus 

 horses into New South Wales, and carried to every town of 

 importance in Australasia, and its presence would not 

 probably have been recognised until it had obtained a firm 

 hold of the horse stock or some human beings in the colonies : 

 the result would, it is needless to say, assuredly be fatal. 



The illustrations of the diseases alluded to were prepared 

 by Mr. C. J. Pound, whose services Professor Anderson 

 Stuart has been fortunate to secure for the physiological 

 laboratory in Sydney. The diagrams of actinomycosis, 

 coccidium oviforrae, and tuberculosis were drawm from 

 Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, 

 specimens procured by myself in the colonies named, where 

 a large percentage of cattle are afflicted with the above 

 diseases. 



In concluding my remarks on the various subjects alluded 

 to in this paper, I would suggest that an investigation of all 

 diseases should be undertaken by experts specially qualified 

 for such work. The training of the ordinary practitioner is 

 not sufficient, nor is the time at his disposal to investigate 

 outbreaks of disease available. To fully appreciate such 

 services the Australian colonies must sooner or later provide 

 means to prevent disease. The time has gone by when the 

 medical practitioner was expected to cure, and the sanatory 

 inspector to stamp out disease by disinfectants : relying on 

 such remedies is only trusting to a sinking ship. 



6.— PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EXERCISE IN 



SCHOOL. 



By MISS MACKENZIE. 



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Within the last few years the subject of education has 

 received much attention, and even the word itself has assumed 

 a wider and more extensive meaning. We are beginning to 

 reahse the inter-dependence of bodily and mental functions, 

 and the necessity of a system that will conduce to the develop- 

 ment of the whole child. 

 I have noted with interest that physical education has 



