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 he left the one lot to Nature: he protected the 



other lot with attenuated virus.^ Then, on May 31, 

 he inoculated all fifty sheep with a very strong 

 culture. Two days later, a great crowd assembled 

 at Pouilly-le-fort : men of science, farmers, dele- 

 gates from agricultural societies, journalists. Of 

 the 25 sheep left to Nature, 22 were dead, 2 were 

 dying, 1 was sickening. Of the 25 protected sheep, 

 all were in good health. 



That was more than thirty years ago. From 

 that time to this, the protective treatment of sheep 

 and cattle against anthrax has been in use. It had 

 its critics Koch, 32 years ago, and Miiller, I know 

 not when, and the Hungarian Government, 30 years 

 ago but we need not mind what was said 30 years 

 ago. Securus judicat or bis t err arum. The practical 

 men, the agriculturists and the breeders of stock, 

 are well aware that the treatment does protect 

 their sheep and cattle.* Nor is this the only benefit 



* Dr. Besredka, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, told 

 me, a few years ago, that the number of doses of this 

 vaccine sent out from the Institute was larger every year. 

 Two doses are allowed for each animal. In 1908, the 

 number of doses sent out was 2,600,000. An article this 

 year in the Revue des Deux Mondes (February, 1914) says 

 that more than 40 million doses have by this time been sent 

 out. See also Sir Stewart Stockman's evidence before the 

 Royal Commission on Vivisection, December 5, 1906 : " It 

 may not always be worth one's while to inoculate. That is 

 to say, on a farm where a few cases occur every year, you 

 would not inoculate : and the best method in such a case 

 would be, as he (Professor Miiller) says, to destroy the 



