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CORRESPONDENCE. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
— 
PLEURO PNEUMONIA IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Editor of American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sir,— In your editorial comments in the February 
Review on the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry, re¬ 
ferring to pleuro-pneumonia, you say it is quite certain that 
this disease can be considered as almost eradicated from the 
United States, if indeed that object has not already been ac¬ 
complished. If this is so, all must admit that the Bureau has 
succeeded in a very difficult task ; in fact, one without a par¬ 
allel. But this conclusion is, in my opinion, premature. 
With your permission I will make the following quotation 
from your editorial, viz.: “The report of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, issued October 27, 1891, contains some interest- 
incr reading.” I agree with you as to the natuie of the Sec¬ 
retary’s report; in the face of more recent developments, it 
is highly interesting. I find in said report, on page 16, refer¬ 
ring to the Deptford oxen (the circumstances of which case I j 
presume the veterinary profession is familiar with), the fol¬ 
lowing statement: 
“ Thanks to our system of identification, these two cases 
were traced in the manner I have indicated, and in every par¬ 
ticular their life history sustained the diagnosis of our inspec¬ 
tors [which was sporadic pleuro-pneumonia], which was, I j 
should say, supported by many leading veterinarians in Great 
Britain at the time. More recently, I am pleased to say, con¬ 
firmation of our position in their cases, furnishing a triumph¬ 
ant vindication of our American inspectors, has been offered 
through the columns of a leading veterinary journal in Great 
Britain by the man who stands beyond dispute at the head of 
the veterinary profession in that country.” 
To make the Secretary’s report a little more interesting 
reading, and the vindication of the inspectors more triumph¬ 
ant, allow me to quote from an article in the Journal of Com¬ 
parative Pathology and Therapeutics for December, 1891, page 
333, by J. McFadyean, M.B., B. Cs., F.R.S.E., Royal Veter- 
