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SCHEDULE. 
Warrant to search and destroy . 
County of 
- Complainant.! Whereas it appears on the 
. Defendant. J oath of A. B . of 
that there is reason to suspect that a horse \or other beast] 
infected with glanders is in or upon the premises of C . D. 
situate at 
This is therefore to authorise and require you to enter in 
the daytime into the said premises, and to search for such 
horse or beast, and to report to me or any other Justice of 
the Peace of the said county the result of such search. 
Signed Justice of the said County. 
To 
this day of 185 . 
THE VETERINARIAN, SEPTEMBER 1, 1853. 
Ne quid falsi dicere auaeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — C icero. 
In 1850, Dr. Willems, of the town of Hasselt, in Holland, 
made the discovery of Pleuro-pneumonia or Peri-pneumonia 
being supposed to be producible artificially, by inoculation, 
and of the disease so produced being, not only comparatively 
harmless in its character, but of its appearing to be pro- 
phylactic against the natural and fatal disease. It seems 
that the Dr. forbore to make his asserted discovery public 
for two years after it had come to light, and that then the 
earliest intimation of it was sent to the Belgian Government, 
the result of which was, on the part of the Government, the 
appointment of a Committee, in addition to the formation of 
a special mission, to take the matter into their deliberate 
consideration. Such transactions in Belgium led to similar 
procedings on the part of other countries, amongst the 
earliest of which were those of our continental neighbours, the 
Dutch and Belgians ; among the latest, our own and France. 
At first view it appears extraordinary that, when not 
merely learned and qualified individuals, but Committees, 
and even Governments, take such affairs in hand, truthful and 
satisfactory conclusions should not be arrived at by them ; 
and yet, when we come to recall to mind the disputations 
