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THE VETERINARIAN, JULY 1, 1872. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero, 
THE VIENNA CONGRESS. 
In the last issue of the Veterinarian we gave a short 
account of the objects and scope of the Congress which has 
recently been held at Vienna for the purpose of discussing 
the scientific and commercial aspects of the subject of cattle 
plague. 
The summary of the questions proposed for discussion, as 
stated in the last number of the Journal, is as follows : 
1. Is Russia in a position to take efficacious measures for 
preventing diseased or inspected cattle crossing its frontier 
into other countries ? 
2. What are these measures, and what are the conditions 
to which the passage of these cattle to the frontier must be 
subordinated ? 
3. If Russia cannot furnish every desirable guarantee, 
would it be necessary to interdict entirely the importation of 
Russian cattle, or will it suffice to submit this importation to 
certain conditions? 
4. If the importation of raw animal products derived from 
Russia is permissible, what are the conditions to which it 
should be subjected ? 
5. What are the precautionary measures which ought to 
be observed during the passage of cattle and raw animal pro¬ 
duce imported from Russia ? How must the means of trans¬ 
port be disinfected ? 
6. What are the general principles on which proceedings 
should be taken whenever it is necessary to abolish the 
ravages of cattle plague beyond Russia ? 
7. To what restrictions ought the traffic in cattle and raw 
animal produce coming from the Roumanian Principalities, 
Servia, and Turkey he submitted ? 
We remarked that other countries seemed to have expected 
