CORRESPONDENCE. 
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at all upon the honorable institution from which they graduated, 
as some of the graduates of rival colleges doubtless are only too 
ready to assume. 
Unprofessional conduct among veterinary (and medical) prac¬ 
titioners of a character even more heinous than this is not by any 
means uncommon in this country, nor is it characteristic of the 
alumni of any particular college, and while the few “ Honorary 
Graduates ” of the Ontario Veterinary College may choose to sub¬ 
ject themselves to ridicule, the numerous ordinary graduates of 
that college will continue by their conduct to guard its reputation 
as an institution, which, despite its railers, has probably done 
more for the advancement of veterinary science in America than 
any other institution in the land. Respectfully, 
R. Robson Dinwiddie. 
Evanstown Ills., Jan. 12,1888. 
DR. A. PETERS ON PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
Toronto, January 13, 1888. 
Editor American Veterinary Review: 
Sir. —In looking through your issue for this month, I was 
struck with the report of a paper read by Dr. A. Peters, of Bos¬ 
ton, before the Massachusetts Veterinary Association. The arti¬ 
cle in question is entitled, “ Infectious Bovine Pneumonia.” 
What I wish to call attention to, with your permission, is the 
strange, and as it appears to me, erroneous and misleading use of 
the terms “ infectious ” and a contagious,” by the writer of the 
paper. The following are his own words as reported : “I do not 
know that it is a matter of record that there is an infectious 
pneumonia affecting the bovine race,” etc. “ Of course they were 
very much relieved to find that the disease was not contagious 
pleuro-pneumonia.” “ From the above we can safely conclude 
that this is a specific infectious lung disease, due to the presence 
of a small micrococcus.” 
As I understand it, there is not recognized nowadays any 
infection other than by a specific virus or contagium, which ig 
