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herds from the contamination of anthrax and 

 our silk-worms from the maladies which de- 

 stroy them. On the other hand, our surgeons 

 have succeeded under its guidance in almost 

 completely doing away with erysipelas and 

 other purulent infections which formerly caused 

 the death of so many patients after operations. 



"As practical consequences of the third dis- 

 covery, M. Pasteur has prescribed the rules to 

 be followed in order to save the horses, cattle 

 and sheep, and, in point of fact, has saved them 

 from the disease of anthrax, which annually 

 caused their death in France, to the value of 

 twenty million francs. Swine also are now pro- 

 tected from rouget, which decimated them, and 

 the barn-door fowl, from the chicken cholera, 

 which caused terrible ravages among them. 

 And now there is every reason to hope that 

 hydrophobia also will soon be conquered." 



The motion calling for an increase of the na- 

 tional recompense was passed unanimously, but 

 a ceremony even dearer to Pasteur's heart than 

 this grateful homage of an entire people was 



