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C. H. SWEETAPPLE. 
and neither Heuppe nor anybody else can make anything out of 
‘ Stabchen’ but a short rod. Koch’s differentiation of the 
ovoid-short rods from bacilli and cocci was a practical stroke of 
genius. No power on earth can make a micrococcus out of the 
object described by Hueppe, as this organism in a mature form. 
Who ever heard of an embryonal or intermediate condition of 
development in any organism being selected as the period at 
which to fix its type ? People who have matured and logical 
reasoning faculties invariably describe the matured organism. 
The Wiesbaden bacteriologist had better go back to school 
again and learn the first principles of classification over again. 
He is not only getting mixed, but is very liable to be the cause 
of mixing others. 
The above represents the essential points which I desire to 
call the attention of American observers to. In the concluding 
portion of his communication Hueppe enters into a deep and 
incongruous discussion as to the evidence of the identity of 
tins bacteria with those of the other diseases mentioned and then 
ends his paper with a very able discussion of the hygienic 
tieatment of the disease. Tiiose who are interested are.there¬ 
fore referred to the original. 
THE “STAMPING OUT” PROCESS, OR INOCULATION FOR THE 
ARREST OF CONTAGIOUS PLEURO-PNEUMONIA, 
By C. H. Sweetapple, V.S., Oshawa, Canada. 
We are all aware that knowledge cannot be obtained without 
toil and application. In our ascent of Mount Parnassus the labor 
is frequently long and toilsome, but the exercise is pleasant and 
invigoiating to the mind. We should pick our footsteps with 
care, lest an incautious advance or a hasty step should lead to a 
stumble, oi perhaps to a disastrous fall. As a constant toiler on 
the ancient mythical hill of knowledge, I have read Prof. 
