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the question was put whether the respective Govern- 

 ments should or should not be recommended to 

 appoint competent veterinary surgeons to be paid 

 by the State for such and such a purpose, and 

 whenever this was done the general unanimity and 

 harmony that immediately prevailed was such that 

 it must have been delightful to witness. 



First, came the question of Quarantine. 



Professor Roll thought eight days enough. 



Professor Undritz said that cattle from the Steppes 

 sometimes transferred the disease after many months 

 without ever being diseased themselves. 



President Hering thought that were the quaran- 

 tine period to be regulated according to these ac- 

 counts^ its duration might be endless. 



Professor Gerlach thought cattle oug'ht to be ab- 

 solutely prohibited from coming from Russia into 

 Germany. 



Professor Haubner thought there should be no 

 prohibition whatever. 



Professor Miiller thought it no matter whether 

 there was prohibition or not. For that it was always 

 evaded. Sentries had been placed every fifty paces 

 along a frontier, and all to no use. 



Professor Hering requested that a decision on the 

 question be arrived at. 



Dr. Haubner thought it ought not to be settled by 

 vote, as the result of such a proceeding could not be 

 a- definite one. He also said all restrictions were 

 evaded. For instance, Bavaria forbids the import 



