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The work done in France was published by M. 

 Chamberland, in the Annales de U Institut Pasteur \ 

 March 1894. The following translation of his 

 memoir — Rdsultats pratiques des Vaccinations contre 

 le Charbon et le Roiiget en France — shows some- 

 thing of the national influence of the Pasteur 

 Institute : — 



1 . Charbon. 



" After the famous experiments at Pouilly-le- 

 Fort, MM. Pasteur and Roux entrusted to me the 

 whole method and practice of the vaccinations 

 against charbon. Twelve years have passed, and 

 it is now time to put together the results, and 

 to make a final estimate of the value of these 

 preventive inoculations. 



" Every year we ask the veterinary surgeons to 

 report — 



1. The number of animals they have vaccinated. 



2. The number that have died after the first 

 vaccination. 



3. The number that have died after the second 

 vaccination, within the twelve days following it. 



4. The number that have died during the rest 

 of the year. 



5. The average annual mortality before the 

 practice of vaccination. 



" The sum total of all the reports is given in the 

 following tables : — 



