American Veterinary Review, 
DECEMBER, 1889 . 
EDITORIAL 
Preventive Inoculation of Contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia.—D irector 
Nocard’s notice in the Recueil —Dr. Germont’s and Mr. Loir’s teachings—Dr. L. 
McLean’s record—inoculation not a new thing in Australia—difficulties in the 
way of securing fresh virus—how to overcome them—demonstrations of the 
French scientists—Pasteur’s methods of obtaining good material for inoculation 
—formation of a national (?) laboratory to provide it—a good thing for patholo¬ 
gists in this country—why do they not prepare fresh vaccine virus for this dis¬ 
ease—and for others known to be amenable to vaccination ? Army Veterinar¬ 
ians.—I s the subject at last assuming good shape ?—are there prospects of some¬ 
thing being accomplished ?—action of the various associations—of committees— 
of commissions—personal efforts—Dr. Griffin at work—our suggestion of a sink¬ 
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Preventive Inoculation of Contagious Pleuro- 
Pneumonia. —In one of his latest contributions to the Recueil 
de Medecine Veterinaire , Director Nocard reports that the 
practice of preventive inoculation has become very popular 
in Australia, a fact which he attributes to the teachings of 
Dr. Germont and Mr. Adrien Loir, who had been sent to that 
country to assist in the extirpation of the rabbit plague, which 
has developed into a source of such an incalculable amount of 
loss and annoyance to the farmers of that land. 
It must not be supposed, however, that the practice of 
preventive inoculation is a new thing, either in Australia or 
elsewhere, our esteemed colleague, Dr. McLean, having, we 
