American Veterinary Review. 
APRIIv, 1901. 
All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R. Bell, Seventh Ave. dr 5 Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
EDITORIAL. 
EUROPEAN CHRONICLES. 
Eoot-and-Mouth Disease, although not likely to find its 
way to the United States, thanks to the good and strict meas¬ 
ures that our friend, the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
Dr. Salmon, has established, is a subject which always deserves 
the attention of the sanitary veterinarian, and which does 
not allow him to ignore the condition of live stock in other 
countries, in relation to the possibility, ever so small, of its im¬ 
portation. 
Indeed, what is the general condition on the European conti¬ 
nent ? Is there a country where it does not exist, no matter 
how thorough the sanitary department may be? In France, 
for instance, foot-and-mouth disease, notwithstanding most 
stringent measures, is prevailing, and one might say spreading 
more and more. But not only is the Continent invaded, but 
England, which had been able to boast so rightly of her being 
free from it for years, has seen, comparatively recently, quite a 
number of outbreaks whose original source of infection has not 
been made out as thoroughly as the authorities desired it, not¬ 
withstanding the inquiries which were made, a result which is 
severely noticed in the Journal of Comparative Pathology and 
Therapeutics by the editor, who says : u It is evident that some¬ 
thing is wrong in connection with what may be called the in¬ 
vestigating department of the Board. It ought to be consoling 
to the members of the veterinary profession to reflect that little 
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