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established that the interior of the living horse’s larynx need no 
longer be regarded as a terra incognita to the veterinary surgeon, 
nor remain exempt from operative treatment.” 
Antirabic Inoculation of Herbivorous Animals. —Since 
the investigations and discoveries instituted by Pasteur in refer¬ 
ence to hydrophobia, and the treatment initiated by him and his 
co-laborers in cases of persons exposed to that disease, by inocu¬ 
lation through the bites of rabid animals, numerous other investi¬ 
gators have entered the same field of observation and research. 
But among all the students of this peculiar disease not one, 
probably, has reached more striking and valuable results than 
Professor Galtier, of the Lyons Veterinary School in France. 
Personally we are strong believers in the results obtained by the 
Pasteur treatment of threatening or impending rabies, but it is 
not the less incumbent on us, as veterinarians, to acknowledge 
our conviction of the value of the work realized by Professor 
Galtier. We believe that his labors and achievements possess a 
character and contain a promise of developments of a magnitude 
and interest entirely too great to be overlooked or depreciated. 
We refer especially now to the application of a simple and 
successful form of treatment in cases of wounds inflicted by rabid 
upon other and healthy animals. The point is of special interest 
in respect to this class of victims from the fact that the results 
of the inoculation are more likely to be fatal than in the case of 
the human subject, who, when bitten, possesses the power which 
the dumb victim lacks, of giving due information of the calamity 
which has overtaken him. 
It is true that Pasteur has given impunity to dogs in similar 
cases, and it is upon his method of treatment that dependence has 
been placed for the prophylactic effects which have been so 
widely beneficial. But there are difficulties attending the appli- 
- cation of the Pasteur method of treatment which form serious 
obstacles to its application, and almost or quite preclude its avail¬ 
ability in the ordinary practice of the country veterinarian, and 
especially in those sections of the country where large herds or 
flocks of animals are found. Cattle and sheep are favorite and 
