American Veterinary Review, 
JANUARY, 1891. 
EDITORIAL. 
Actinomycosis in the United States. —The cases in the West—discus¬ 
sion in the Breeders' Gazette —legal action in the matter—the discussion of the 
subject probably closed, as merely of home importance—renewal of its import¬ 
ance—possibly of an international nature—Professor Grandeau’s so-called dis¬ 
covery—America is full of the disease—our inspection of cattle illusory and 
inefficacious—the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry almost ignored— 
Professor Grandeau’s error—does it not call for Dr. Salmon’s action, and notifi¬ 
cation abroad of the new regulations of the Department of Agriculture ? Koch’s 
Cure for Tuberculosis Diseases. —Not much more known to-day than at the 
beginning—scientists still of different opinions—ought not experiments have 
been made upon cows—Pasteur experimented on dogs for rabies, why not Koch 
on cows? “Bacteriological World.” —A new journal—welcome and good 
success for it and our friend, Dr. P. Paquin, the worthy editor. 
Actinomycosis in the United States.— Our readers 
will remember that in our issue of April last we reported that 
a number of cases of actinomycosis had been detected in one 
of the large Western cattle gatherings, and that much excite¬ 
ment had been caused by the action of the authorities, by 
whom the destruction of the entire carcasses of the affected 
animals had been ordered. This was followed by a long and 
interesting discussion, in which a number of the veterinarians 
who had been consulted in the matter participated, and which 
was published in extenso in the pages of that most excellent 
agricultural paper, the Breeders Gazette. The subject devel¬ 
oped such an amount of interest, and the opinions expressed 
were so much at variance, that it ought not to be considered 
