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pointed by the State authorities) means death, in Connecticut tli 
diagnosis made by one, or even by several, but denied by anothe 
veterinarian, will bestow on the infected animal a lease of its lif 
and liberty, by which he can spread his disease with impunih 
and quite indefinitely. 
Hog Cholera. —In this, the old history repeats itself 
Laige outbreaks, great mortality, enormous loss of money am 
comparatively, no way to fight against it; the old story over again 
Foi a long time I have been advocating the introduction inf 
this country of the prophylaxy adopted in Europe, viz: inocula 
tion. Fairly tested experiments by Drs. Salmon, Billings, Gertl 
and myself, have however, proved that what I expected from tha 
treatment was not realized here. Pasteur vaccine matter is of m 
effect in our hog cholera, and this is due to the simple fact that om 
swine scourge is a different malady from the disease known as sucl 
on the continent. The recent investigations of the Bureau of Ani 
mal Industry, and principally of Hr. Salmon, have proved thif 
interesting fact. But we believe that it yet remains to be showr 
whethei it is similiar to another contagious disease of swine, tha' 
wll ich prevails in Germany, or if it is a special affection, of 
American origin. 
Rabies has so largely occupied the attention of the world thi t 
yeai, and so many cases of that disease, either real or fantastic 
and illusory, have been recorded, that it would scarcely be propel 
to close these remarks without a few words on the subject. 
Pasteurization,” the new word adopted for the preventive 
treatment of rabies, may never enter into veterinary practice, 
though if vaccine matter were readily obtainable the treatment 
would undoubtedly be the one indicated for an animal, horse, 
cattle or dog, or any other, in fact, that might have been bitten 
by a well confirmed rabid animal. But if this pasteurization is 
not likely to enter into our arsenal, there is a fact, resulting from 
the labors of Pasteur, that we must not ignore, and that is the 
cerebral inoculation upon a healthy animal with a portion of 
medulla taken from suspected animals—a simple operation 
which is the most scientific and only means of diagnosis 
in doubtful rabid cases. I need not say that careful readings 
