REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISEASES. 
m one member of the committee. 'It is quite concise, and reads 
follows: 
ear Doctor: 
“ Yours at hand ; I gave you the only printed matter we have 
t _ .l_ _Knt. at I'irfispnt slanders is quite 
“ lours ai naiiu, a gave ;vu j — . . 
relation to contagious diseases, but at present glanders is quite 
•evalent here in the eastern part of the State, and so far as my 
lowledge goes the only disease excepting tuberculosis that we 
ive to any extent.” 
This is very little for a report, but with your permission, 1 
link we can probably use it as a text, or stepping stone, foi 
)me remarks which in any case would be becoming m your 
llommittee on Diseases; and so long as we are deprived o 
ae pleasure of reporting any new and interesting cases of in- 
ammatory, sporadic, or surgical diseases that may have occurred 
i the practice of our friends through the country, I will im- 
,rove the opportunity to call your attention to a few contagious 
ffections which are prevailing in the U nited States, and which at 
ill times deserve the attention of all veterinarians. The diseases 
ipon which I desire to make a few remarks are contagious pleu- 
•o-pneumonia, tuberculosis, anthrax, glanders, hog cholera and 
■abies. It is not my intention in these remarks to refer especially 
; 0 the symptoms, lesions, or treatment of these diseases. They 
are all familiar topics to you. I shall consider, merely, some few 
special points connected with these, and such as are of actual 
interest to practical men. Contagious pleuropneumonia has been 
a very interesting subject for the past few years, and the last 
scene is no doubt watched as attentively as the first which 
appeared some years ago. The last striking fact relating to this 
disease is the attempt which is now in progress to stamp it out of 
the country. Laws have been passed, money has been appropri¬ 
ated and the Commissioner of Agriculture has advised the Bureau 
of Animal Industry to proceed with the work. The inspection, 
quarantine, and compensation for the animals which have been 
destroyed, as well as disinfection, are the measures winch are 
strictly laid down in the rules and regulations issued from Wash¬ 
ington, and all will no doubt meet with general approval. Lven 
inoculation has found recognition at the hands of the Chief of le 
