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other observers, in none of which was there a single intestinal 
To my mind, this is conclusive evidence that, notwithstanding 
the apparent resemblance between the microorganisms, as con- 
cluded by Peters, the disease studied by him was the hog- 
cholera of this country ; and even if we take Schiitz's conclusions, 
not the Schweine-seuche, but the Schweine-pest of Denmark, 
which is now generally admitted to be the same thing as the pest 
that decimates our herds. 
If any value can be placed upon the testimony from Germany 
as we now have it before us, it must be admitted that it is still 
all in favor of my own conclusions as published in my complete 
report upon swine-plague in this country ; that is, that the Ger- 
mans are blessed with three distinct swine-plagues, varying, ac- 
cording to present evidence, in extent as follows : 
1st. The Rothlauf, or Rouget (er>^sipelas). 
2d. Hog-Cholera, or the Swine-pest, or genuine swine-plague. 
3d. Schweine-seuche or the Wild-seuche. 
While according to present evidence the third is more preva- 
lent than the second of this series, I have placed it last because 
I desired to quote some peculiar testimony given by Bleisch and 
Fiedeler. 
The Wild-seuche takes its name from the fact that attention 
was first called to it from its occurring among the wild animals 
in the Royal preserves, especially deer, which in Germany are 
called " das Wild." Up to the time of Bollinger's investigations 
this disease was classed with anthrax, but as said before, Bollin- 
ger did not discover its germ at that time. Whether or not 
future investigations will justify my hypothesis (see my report) 
that this Wild-seuche and the Loeffler-Schutz Schweine-seuche 
are one and the same disease I know not, but it is positively cer- 
tain that all the evidence is at present in my favor. 
It is very singular how limited the study of this question has 
been in Germany, since Schiitz's first investigations in 1885, not- 
withstanding the extraordinarily favorable conditions for such 
work in the veterinary schools and laboratories of that 
country. 
