INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE, ETC., ON THE 
DISTRIBUTION & CHARACTER OF DISEASE. 691 
Sixth The provision of some means to compensate owners 
of all condemned animals. 
Seventh .—.A law empowering the state veterinarian to order 
the destruction of all condemned animals. 
Eighth. The provision of county hospitals for indigent tuber- 
culous people. 
Ninth. -Compulsory disinfection of all premises that have 
been occupied by tuberculous people or animals. 
Tenth. Compelling the disposal of the carcasses of all tuber- 
culous animals by cremation. 
Eleventh. Prohibiting tuberculous people from attending 
public gatherings in closed buildings. 
Twelfth. Prohibiting the inter-marriage of tuberculous peo- 
pie. r 
With these laws in force tuberculosis can be pratically 
stamped out. 7 
Science is arrayed for the battle ; all that is lacking is the 
declaration of war on the parts of the states and government. 
THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS ON 
THE DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTER OF DISEASE. 
By Prof. W. L. Williams, V.S., Montana. 
A paper read before the United States Veterinary Medical Association. 
{Continued from page 617.—Concluded.) 
Its distribution among horses in enzootic form so far as we 
can learn, appears to coincide geographically with actinomyco¬ 
sis of cattle, a fact to which Dr. Reynolds has already drawn at¬ 
tention. . A relationship has been suggested on account of their 
like distribution. 
They bear other minor resemblances at times, and we occa¬ 
sionally see in poll-evil or fistulous withers large indurated 
swellings with small oft-recurring abscesses, pursuing a very 
chronic persistent course. 
