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^ie same species ; and that even in the most capable hands aeci- 
f capable of entailing serious results may happen in the 
e in'tirlaHon T?" 6 ? r in ita f'“PWment.” Notwithstanding 
the intimation of ‘serious results ” we believe the agricultural 
classes would gladly avail themselves of the opportunity of usimr 
vaccine as a preventative of anthrax if they could only obtain it 
These are good words, and while we regret that the Gazette 
should have failed to notice our numerous requests on that sub¬ 
ject, we are glad to see it calling the attention of our agricultur¬ 
ists to a measure which has already effected so much on the con¬ 
tinent and saved so many lives. Almost all parts of the world 
employ it and an article published in Science show to what great 
extent it is employed, even in India. That paper says: 
Preventive Vaccination in India.— Pasteur’s system of vac- 
T ^ tried with . triumphant success by 
c i go\ eminent, acting on the advice of Mr. J. Mills the 
inspector of cattle-disease for Madras. According to the official 
papers, ponies, donkeys, cows, bullocks, buffaloes! sheep and 
fe!!!!n!e8 g of ' aVe I' W® 6 " P r 1 oteeted vaccination from the con- 
Sed anhnak 0 A W ‘ f 7™ whioh P rov ed fatal to unvac- 
nated animals A vaccinated pony and a buffalo were sent to 
a village where there was an epidemic of anthrax; and though thev 
I! 6 E e l Wlth i h fi di T ed Cat ' t,e ’ a " d d - the same pas- 
ie, they escaped the disease. In Burmah the elephants have 
im!!rted C from F ^ 77^ At fil ' St the “ vaccine ” was 
Xt! Pom France ; but the uncertainty of obtaining it pure 
and efficacious from any one but Pasteur himself has induced the 
fe- *? «* "f • laboratory for the ma.oWo.nd 
labomtonVs ti nf U f d m ?? nga h' and ’ if that is successful, other 
len wasTnt « b<3 f . fonnd ln centres. Mr. J. H. B. Hal- 
as sent, some time ago, to study in Pasteur’s laboratory • and 
he report recommends that all veterinary surgeons should go 
through such a course of instruction. g 
. t YeS ’. aI1 veterinary surgeons should go through a course of 
instruction, or, at least, they should practice inoculation, for it is 
tne only means to conbat anthrax. 
. Ve ™ eii *aky or Agricultural Colleges— If many of our 
scientific papers agree upon the necessity for improvement in 
veterinary education, there are however, some which yet believe 
t nit our veterinary colleges here are too serious,’ and that 
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