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Pasteur and his Work, 
those who read his reports in the Society's ' Journal ' (vol. xvi.,. 
p. 273, vol. xvii., p. 30), will find that Pasteur's discovery 
of anthrax protective inoculation by means of cultivated virus, 
was nearly, if not quite, anticipated by the liberal action of the 
Society and the scientific ability of its agent. Dr. Greenfield,, 
in his second report, published at the commencement of 1881, 
concisely gives the object and the result of his investigations, 
from which it will be seen that, so far as immunity from the 
disease is concerned, they were the same as those of Pasteur. 
" In the course of these experiments, it has been my endea- 
vour to ascertain whether any modification of the poison of the 
disease could be artificially produced without the employment 
of animals for the production of the modified virus. With this 
object, I have made a series of experiments, cultivating the 
virus artificially in organic fluids, and I have been able to prove 
that it is capable of gradual attenuation, even to the degree of 
complete destruction of its virulence, and it may thus be greatly 
modified, so that a certain degree of poisonous activity may be 
attained at will." The details of the experiments given, quite 
corroborate his statement. Unfortunately, we have no Academy 
of Sciences in this country ; and though our agriculture has 
been most terribly damaged by the ravages of pestilential dis- 
eases among animals, yet little attention has been paid to them. 
Consequently, the Society's efforts and Dr. Greenfield's antici- 
patory discovery, have, it must be confessed with regret, been 
allowed to drop out of sight. If we compare England with 
France, or some other countries, in this matter, we have small 
cause to congratulate ourselves. 
The brilliant success attending Pasteur's public demonstra- 
tions in his own land, naturally attracted great attention in 
other continental countries which suffer quite as much loss as 
France from the destructiveness of anthrax, and some of these 
were eager to satisfy themselves as to the efficacy of inoculation, 
by a trial on tlieir own territory. Hungary made a request, 
through Baron Kemeny, Minister of Agriculture, for M. Pasteur 
to make an experiment at Buda-Pesth ; this was complied with, 
M. Thuillier, one of Pasteur's assistants, and who has since died 
from cholera while investigating that disease in Egypt, having 
been sent to the capital of Hungary to conduct the official trial 
in September 1881. A Commission was appointed to watch 
the experiment. Baron Kemeny being President, with the chief 
professors of the Veterinary Institute and of the Faculty of 
Medicine as members. Sixty sheep and ten bovines were pro- 
vided, but some of the animals were weakly, and others were 
suffering from various diseases not apparent before inoculation. 
One-half of the sheep and one-half of the cattle were set aside 
