THE INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY MEDICAL 



CONGRESS 



THE International Veterinary Medical Congress held at Lon- 

 don beginning August 3, to which I was designated an 

 official delegate by the Executive Committee of the New 

 York Zoological Society, was a great disappointment inasmuch 

 as a sine die adjournment was taken after the first day's pro- 

 ceedings. The European war prevented representatives of 

 practically all the Continental Governments from attending. 

 Those delegates who reached London found telegrams awaiting 

 them, ordering their immediate return to their own countries. 

 Of the 1,450 official delegates to the Congress, only 300 appeared 

 at the opening session, and these were principally representa- 

 tives from North and South America. This failure of the Con- 

 gress was a great disappointment, and a real loss to science, 

 since many important contributions were to be presented by 

 professional men of international reputation upon the subject 

 of communicable diseases from animals to man. 



However, it was my great privilege during June, July and 

 August to visit many of the best laboratories, hospitals and 

 clinics on the Continent, and to note the work on contagious and 

 infectious diseases in animals being done by some of the great 

 European investigators. My itinerary included the following: 



Brussels. — The Experimental Station and laboratories of the 

 Veterinary College. 



Paris. — The famous Veterinary School at Alfort, with its 

 pathological museum. The Pasteur Institute and laboratories. 



Bern. — The Serum Institute, under the direction of Professor 

 Kolle. 



Milan. — The animal clinics and pathological research labora- 

 tories in connection with the Veterinary College. 



Budapest. — The new pathological and bacteriological research 

 laboratories of the Veterinary College, and the Serum Institute. 



Vienna. — The Veterinary College and Hygienic Institute; ani- 

 mal clinics. 



