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propriety and good order; when all these thing's 

 came to be considered, he thought that the strictest 

 code of government regulation would be welcome to 

 the public. 



Dr. Gerlach desired, on philanthropic grounds, a 

 law of Draconic severity, the dog being a domestic 

 animal of limited usefulness, but great danger. 

 Although echinococcees may be not common, still 

 they occur, so that it becomes a question, whether 

 dogs ought to be kept at all. Besides which, it is 

 proved that the dog carries the seeds of giddiness in 

 sheep. If dogs were done away with, sheep would 

 no longer be afflicted with giddiness. Dr. Gerlach 

 thought that canine madness should be considered 

 by Government as a purely contagious disease. 



Dr. Rawitsch thought nobody would deny that 

 canine madness sometimes originates spontaneously. 

 (Loud cries of "it never appears spontaneously.")* 



The reporter thoug'ht every dog 1 should be ren- 

 dered recognizable. (A voice from the centre, " could 

 it not be done by means of a collar.") 



Dr. Hertwig was in favour of a tax on dogs. 

 The most faithful dogs will run away when they go 

 mad. In a few days perhaps they return. But 

 what have they been doing in the mean time ? How 

 many people have they been biting ? 



Dr. De Souza (from Portugal) said, that in his 



* I am astonished at Dr. Rawitsch's courage ; considering 

 whom he was addressing, I wonder he was not torn in pieces. 



