170 THE FRENCH ARMY VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
flesh, and dies from suffocation, sometimes in a short time. Now, 
to prove the disease hereditary, Mr. W. states that he has examined 
many foetuses dropped before the regular time of parturition, and 
which of course never drew breath, also many calves from three 
to twelve months old, and he found their lungs slightly diseased 
and hepatized, which no doubt were transmitted from the mother 
in embryo ; for during gestation the foetus is nourished by the 
blood from the foetal artery of the mother ; and if that be impure, it 
is unfit for the nourishment, and communicates disease to, the foetus. 
I beg to say I have read Mr. Waters’s remarks with care and 
much interest, and I consider he has minutely described the cause 
of this most alarming disease, and has pointed out the stepping- 
stone for its removal. This is a great object to be obtained in 
putting a stop to one of the greatest calamities to the owners of 
stock, and is of the highest importance to breeders that can be 
suggested or offered. 1 therefore think, from the pains he has 
taken in searching out the causes and pointing out the remedy, 
he is deserving of the thanks and support of the public. 
Being myself a practical man among stock for many years, I 
have, by examination, in severe cases found symptoms exactly cor- 
responding with those of Mr. W. ; and I am strongly of opinion that, 
unless more caution is used in breeding and rearing calves for the 
dairy, we shall be a long time before the disease becomes extinct. 
I therefore recommend persons who wean calves to select sound ones, 
the progeny of perfectly sound parents. If they have coughs, &c., 
they should not be weaned for becoming mothers ; for if unsound 
when first dropped, it is impossible they can ever become sound 
mothers, but may live and bear young, although diseased on the 
lungs. I am satisfied that, if the above method be adopted with care, 
it will sooner work a cure than any other, and the public will have 
good reason to appreciate the merits of Mr. Waters. 
THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1845. 
Ne quid falsi dicore audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — C icero. 
CORDIALLY and sincerely do we congratulate our veterinary 
brethren of the French army in their obtainment of that too-long- 
withheld boon, the rank of officers and gentlemen, and pay in 
accordance therewith. France, “ the birth-place of veterinary 
medicine,” the first among modern nations to foster and rear to 
