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8. Any European not coming from an infected farm or place or 

 who has not in any way been liable to infection, shall sign a certificate 

 to that effect in terms of Form B, and without such certificate shall be 

 deemed as coming from an infected farm or place, or otherwise been 

 liable to infection, and shall be subject to all provisions and regulations 

 attached to persons coming from infected areas or liable to infection ; 

 and if the above certificate contains any false statement, the person 

 signing the same will be liable to a penalty not exceeding 100 pounds 

 or, in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labor, 

 for a period not exceeding six months." 



Rinderpest 



This is to certify that together with his 



clothes and the articles or things in his possession, authorized to be car- 

 ried by rail, have been properly disinfected as required by the Govern- 

 ment Regulations, 



Disinfecting Officer. 

 Rinderpest. 

 FORM B. 



I of do hereby 



certify that I have not come from any farm or place infected with rin- 

 derpest, and I have not in any way, to the best of my knowledge and 

 belief, come in contact with infection. 



(Signed). 



§ 350. Immunizing cattle. Koel found that the 

 serum of an animal that had suffered from rinderpest and 

 recovered possessed immunizing powers. This fact being 

 demonstrated, its utility has been availed of in immunizing 

 animals for procuring the serum. The method given by 

 Jobling and which is used extensively in the Philippines is 

 appended. 



The animal first receives an inoculation by the "simulta- 

 neous method" of Kolle and Turner. This consists in inject- 

 ing under the skin on one side from 15 to 55 cc. of serum 

 from an immune animal and on the other side i cc. of virulent 

 blood from a sick animal. If the reaction from this double 

 injection is good, i. e., a rise of temperature after the proper 

 period, it is given 1000 cc. of virulent blood after the tempera- 



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