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pest from herd to herd by human beings. Professor 

 Jessen, of Dorpat, states that in Russia the malady 

 was at one time speedily propagated by the people, 

 who regarded the destruction of their stock as a visi- 

 tation of Providence, and who summoned a priest 

 into their stables to pray with them that the plague 

 might be stayed. Moving from farm to farm, the 

 malady was by this means rapidly transmitted. In 

 Hungary, many outbreaks result from people dressing 

 the carcases and hawking about the meat, which, 

 even where human beings remain uninjured, is deadly 

 to the cattle whenever the water with which it is 

 washed is thrown about the yards, or the meat is hung 

 up near sheds containing living animals. 



The members present at the International .Congress 

 spoke in favour of establishing a fund, apart from the 

 Government grants, for the payment of diseased or 

 infected animals which have to be slaughtered with a 

 view to the prevention of the plague. Special pre- 

 cautions were suggested as to the transmission of 

 articles the product of diseased animals. 



1. Perfectly dried skins, the points of horns cut 

 off, as they often are for commercial purposes, the 

 salted and dried intestines of cattle, melted tallow, 

 wools, cowhair, &c., could be freely allowed to pass 

 unobserved. 



2. Entire horns, hoofs, &c., which are detached 

 from the soft parts, but which often contain adhering 

 flesh, &c., should be disinfected with chloride of lime. 



3. As melted tallow is often conveyed in bags which 

 may be charged with the poison, those bags should be 

 washed with chloride of lime solution. 



