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being charged with the suppression of an outbreak of plague 
in a village, deliberately placed a military cordon round the 
doomed area, and, after saturating the buildings with petro¬ 
leum (or paraffin), consigned the village and its plague-strick¬ 
en inhabitants to the flames, with the result that the plague 
was effectually suppressed. 
The Stamping-out Process. 
In reference to this matter, I would ask, by what means 
have the different contagious maladies that have at various 
times raged in this country been got rid of except by the 
“ stamping-out ” process ? In 1862 sheep pox was introduced 
amongst certain flocks in the neighborhood of London; at 
that time, as now, there were two schools of suppressionists, 
one advocating inoculation, the other slaughter. After a trial 
of the former, and its failure, the advocates of slaughter, 
amongst whom (and probably the most important) was Pro¬ 
fessor Simonds, had their innings and won. In 1865-6 cattle 
plague ravaged our herds, and for months the scientific section 
of the suppressionists held the field with vaccination, intro¬ 
duced, be it remembered, by members of the medical pro¬ 
fession, and, once more, after they had had their innings, the 
brutal method of suppression by slaughter proved the winner, 
as it has in every outbreak that has occurred in this country 
since. What but practical measures were employed for the 
suppression of foot and mouth disease ? Have any other than 
practical measures been adopted for the suppression of swine 
fever, glanders, and rabies in this city and in other places ? 
What has science effected in the eradication of scarlet fever, 
measles, typhoid fever, syphilis, leprosy, and a host of other 
similar maladies ? Why, even in scientific Paris a resolution 
was passed at the Congress the other day, demanding the ap¬ 
plication of the most rigid, practical measures for the sup¬ 
pression of la maladie du coit. 
If we want to lift the cloud that has so long hung over us, 
if we would regain our credit with the great stock-importing 
communities of the world, and remove those harassing re¬ 
strictions which are in force against us in the Scandinavian 
