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552 PROFESSOR WALLEY. 
that an induced and a milder attack will protect? Even the 
inoculating continental countries have failed to get rid of 
pleuro-pneumonia by inoculation, and its failure has been 
practically acknowledged by the recent vote of the Paris 
Congress, to the effect “ that inoculation can only be recog¬ 
nized as an auxiliary measure to slaughter, and as a reason¬ 
able cause for delay in carrying out the latter,” but in the 
next breath it was decided by the Congress “ that inoculated 
animals must have no other destiny than the slaughter-house.” 
With these resolutions I cordially agree ; the conclusions are 
those at which I have long arrived. I have stated over and 
over again that inoculation is only of use in the prevention of 
pleuro-pneumonia, and that is as a protective measure in areas 
or circles in which pleuro-pneumonia has made its appear¬ 
ance, and in stocks in those areas in which it is believed that 
the animals are not actually affected with the disease. Even 
a well-known and an experienced inoculator in the neighbor¬ 
hood of this city emitted a declaration some time ago to the 
effect, “ that every inoculated animal, when fit (fat) might go 
straight, and by float, to the slaughter-house.” 
The Slaughter Method. 
The method of slaughter for the suppression of pleuro¬ 
pneumonia has been dubbed a brutal and unscientific one. I 
would ask, in what way does the element of brutality come 
in, seeing that every animal of the bovine species that is 
brought into this world is destined for slaughter unless death 
from some other cause results? And as for the charge of its 
being unscientific, I am quite willing to admit the charge 
within a certain limit; but it has been proved on many oc¬ 
casions that it is the only method capable of bringing about 
the actual suppression of contagious maladies; and I am bold 
enough to assert that no malady of this class has ever been 
got rid of without its assistance. 
It is obvious that such a method could never be made ap¬ 
plicable to the suppression of contagious maladies in the hu¬ 
man subject, although a statement has recently been going 
the rounds of the press to the effect that a Russian minister, 
