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EDITORIAL. 
to read the whole of it, as we reprint it from one of the advanced 
sheets obtained at the Congress. 
Let me say, however, that the declaration of Professor Koch 
has failed to have the approval of many, presented as it was, 
and that it was not received with the conviction that the name 
of the great German savant would seem to have warranted. 
Professor Nocard, of Alfort, replied to him, and before ac¬ 
cepting the conclusions, which were upset by the simple ex¬ 
ception of the abdominal tuberculosis of children, or tabes me- 
s enteric a, which is due to infection from tuberculous milk, he 
would recommend further inquiry. His remarks were loudly 
applauded. 
Professor Bang, of Copenhagen, and Professor S. Wadhead, of 
Cambridge, spoke also in the same sense, and the excellent* 
paper that Professor McFadyean read at a subsequent meeting 
was a powerful argument, which, with the accuracy and care¬ 
fully made statements that are advanced by the author, will no 
doubt upset the apparent value of Professor Koch’s new depart¬ 
ure, if the many positive facts already existing were insufficient. 
We all know that Chauveau has proved by contradictory experi¬ 
ments that bovines can develop tuberculosis when lesions of the 
acute disease of man are fed to them. As Mr. Wm. Hunting 
remarks in the Veterinary Record , the present position relating 
to tuberculosis will remind one of the long controversy as to 
the identity of variola and vaccinia. 
Notwithstanding, it is evident that the practical work and 
the execution of the sanitary measures which are taken all over 
the world cannot and will not be modified for the present, that 
it will require some time before the conclusions of the further 
inquiries demanded by such men as Nocard, Bang, McFadyean, 
and others, will be known. Our readers will no doubt enjoy 
the papers relating to this subject, and which I have sent first 
of all as the most interesting to veterinarians. A. L. 
The trotting record of the world was lowered the first part 
of August to 2.02 % by the stallion Cresceus. 
