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THE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 1, 1872. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. —ClCERO, 
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RE-INTRODUCTION OE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
Seven years ago a great deal of discussion took place in 
reference to the origin of cattle plague in this country. A 
cargo of animals, exported from Revel, had been landed at 
Hull, and some of them transmitted to the Metropolitan 
Market, shortly before the disease was discovered among 
the cows belonging to Mrs. Nichols, at Islington; still, as 
the evidence did not directly implicate the imported Russians, 
the origin of cattle plague in England is to this day in many 
minds a problem yet to be solved. 
No discussion is required, however, to establish the source 
of the disease in the recent instances to which we have else¬ 
where referred. No less than three cargoes of diseased Rus¬ 
sian cattle have been detected within a few days; one in 
London, another in Newcastle-on-Tyne, and a third at 
Leith. 
Two of the ships came direct from Cronstadt, and one 
from Hamburgh having eight Russian and seventy German 
beasts on board. Two of the Russian beasts presented well- 
marked indications of cattle plague, and one of them died 
within a few hours of the vessel coming into port. Stringent 
measures have been adopted to prevent any mischief resulting 
to the cattle of this country, which bid fair to accomplish 
this earnestly wished for result. 
APPOINTMENT OE MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 
At the last meeting of the Council of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, an animated discussion took place on 
the vexed question of the appointment of a member of the 
