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temper. Unfortunately no mention was made of the 
remaining eight, or whether any deaths occurred. 
Mr. A. Sewell, M.R.C.V.S., declared that injections of 
the vaccine of Dr. Phisalix gave in his hands no reaction 
in any instance, and did not afford any protection against 
distemper when the inoculated animals were afterwards 
brought into contact with a dog suffering from the disease. 
He gave details of fourteen cases, in some of which the 
vaccine was applied three times, but in practically every 
instance in which the history was followed up the dogs 
when placed in contact caught the disease, and a large 
percentage of them died. Nor did any appear to suffer 
less severely than one would have expected had they 
never been vaccinated. 
Finally, Professor Hobday cites seven cases in which, 
despite the most careful precautions to boil the syringe 
and thoroughly cleanse and asepticise the skin before. 
vaccinating with the Phisalix preparation, he was unable 
to obtain any reaction beyond a slight and very tempo- 
rary swelling where the fluid was injected, and that 
dispersed within a few hours. No details were given 
of five of the dogs, as their histories were very uncertain, 
and although they had not been reported as having de- 
veloped distemper no evidence was forthcoming of any 
contact with contagion after return to their owners. 
The remaining two puppies both contracted the malady 
two months after inoculation, and one never recovered. 
Report of Committee on Phisalix Vaccine.—In consequence 
of the very contradictory statements of authorities on the 
efficacy of Phisalix vaccine, which led to public challenges, 
and finally to the formation of a committee of veterinary 
surgeons in 1903 to test its merits carefully, their 
conclusions, after about nine months of experimentation, 
were: 
