American Veterinary Review, 
JULY, 1889. 
EDITORIAL 
Pneumo-Enteritis one of the special forms of swine scourges—it prevails 
in Europe—existed in England—has been observed in France—Klein, Cornil 
and Chantemesse, the European investigators—the search for a vaccine—the 
failures—F. S. Billings, (of Nebraska) claims—how successful has he been?— 
An experiment a la Pouilly-le-Foi't wanted—the last word on the nature of the 
disease not yet told—Prof. Galtier’s remarks—his investigations of an outbreak 
in Southern France—his report—his conclusions—sheep subject to a disease sim¬ 
ilar to pneumo-enteritis in swine—the same disease is inoculable to all farm 
animals—athirdserks of experiments shows that it can produce various affec¬ 
tions—in cows—in calves—in horses—serious statements advanced by the learned 
professor—they need confirmation, if they can be confirmed—has the correct 
and complete biology of the microbe been studied ?—has the Professor been too 
hasty ? 
The Pneumo-Enteritis of Swine, one of the special 
forms of swine scourges which prevail so extensively in this 
country, principally in our, western regions, and which is 
constantly causing an amount of pecuniary loss to the coun¬ 
try which no statistics can define, and which has been the 
subject of no end of scientific, and even personal discussion, 
is not confined in its ravages within the boundaries of the 
American Continent, but prevails also more or less widely 
throughout Europe. It was, in fact, due to the labors of the 
English pathologist, Klein, that the scientific world first became 
acquainted with the nature of its specific lesions, and Conti¬ 
nental investigators also have recently had their attention 
called in the same direction. Cornil and Chantemesse, in 
France, have prosecuted their investigations and continued 
their studies during the late outbreak in Southern France, 
and a portion of the results of their labors is recorded in an 
interesting report of their observations contained in the 
