862 
ANALYSIS OF CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
“ But if those who depart in such moments are less to be 
pitied, those who remain do not the less experience the great 
and supreme pain of the separation without hope of return. 
We all share in this pain, so acutely felt by the family of M. 
Leblanc ; but that which should he a consolation to them in 
their misfortune is the honorable name he has left behind him, 
and the memory of a life so completely consecrated to the 
accomplishment of good.” 
We have but little to add to the generous and well-deserved 
tribute paid to the worth of the deceased by M. Bouley. It 
is sufficient to point to the high scientific position of the 
eulogist, the place in which this discourse was delivered, 
and the assembly who listened to it, to be aware that the 
loss veterinary science has sustained in the death of M. 
Leblanc is one of no ordinary kind. 
While deeply sympathising with those on whom this 
bereavement, socially or scientifically speaking, will weigh 
heavily, it is yet allowed us to cherish his name in the multi- 
tude of valuable scientific facts which he had treasured up 
during his long and laborious life ; but more especially must 
his memory be held in reverence for the excellent and, alas ! 
that we should have to say it, somewhat rare example of 
unwearied industry and zeal in advancing to the utmost of 
his powers the scientific position and social status of the 
profession he loved so well. 
Though well known in scientific literature by the many 
able and interesting articles he published on almost every 
subject connected with comparative pathology, yet perhaps 
on this side of the Channel we are more familiar with his 
name in connection with his editorship of the Clinique 
Veterinaire , and also with the splendidly illustrated w’ork 
he published in conjunction with the celebrated Trousseau 
on the surgical anatomy of the domesticated animals. Nearly, 
if not quite, the last of his literary efforts was the publi- 
cation of a little pamphlet On the Necessity of Instituting 
a Veterinary Sanitary Service for the ichole of France, in 
which, by lucid arguments and a series of well-compiled 
analytical tables relating to enzootic diseases in the various 
departments of that country, he conclusively demonstrated 
the great advantages that must accrue from a proper sanitary 
organization by the Government, in which departmental and 
district veterinary surgeons would be the chief agents. 
