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give inoculation for pleuro-pneumonia a fair trial, we venture 
to propose a few questions for their consideration. 
What constitutes successful inoculation, and who is to 
he the judge ? Upon this point much confusion appears to 
prevail; how much swelling of the tail is necessary? or 
must the caudal appendage be entirely sacrificed before 
security is gained ? 
If any protection be afforded by inoculation, how long 
is it likely to last ? Are calves to be operated on, or not ; 
or is it necessary to wait until they are a year old or more ; 
if so, what is to save them from the disease meanwhile ? 
If calves are to be inoculated, when is the operation to be 
repeated ? 
Points of this kind are of the first importance if the system 
is to be generally adopted in this country. We say if, because 
the antecedents are not quite so satisfactory as they might 
be ; then if we take the Continental view of the subject, 
the prospect is not all sunshine. In Germany, Belgium, 
and Holland, the operation is extensively practised, and the 
faith in its efficacy is unbounded ; but we have not yet heard 
that pleuro-pneumonia has been exterminated in any of those 
countries. Perhaps we may be more fortunate here ; but it 
seems rather odd for us to get into a state of excitement in 
favour of a practice which originated, and is most supported in 
those parts of the world whence, as we persistently assert, 
animals are constantly sent to us infected with the disease, 
which, if the theooy of inoculation is worth anything, should 
have been long ago eradicated. 
ORDER OF COUNCIL. 
At the Council Chamber , Whitehall, the 1 6th Bay of December , 
1869, by the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy 
Council. 
Present : 
Lord President. Mr. Forster. 
Lord Privy: Seal. 
The Lords and others of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in them vested 
under The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, and of every 
other power enabling them in this behalf, do order, and it is hereby 
ordered, as follows : — 
