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the vaccine vesicles—a fact which constitutes a grave and yet 
scarcely appreciated objection against the existing mode of 
vaccination ; and^ together with Dr. Blanc, they are con¬ 
vinced by their own observation that direct vaccination from 
heifer to man, wdth cow^-pox free from all possible contami¬ 
nation, and deprived by a succession of inoculations, on its 
own ground, and by passage through the systems of younger 
animals, of its first rather too violent action, is so good and 
efficient that it must before long be generally adopted. Dr. 
Lanoix, of Paris, has already made, wdth general success, 
more than 40,000 vaccinations on this plan. He and others 
have found no diminution in the activity of the virus of the 
cow-pox transmitted from heifer to heifer; nevertheless,the ad¬ 
herents of animal vaccination have made it a rule to renew the 
cow-pox each time a spontaneous case occurs, thereby solving 
the important problem of the regeneration from time to time 
of vaccine lymph. One other powerful reason adduced in 
favour of animal vaccination is the possibility of obtaining at 
any time an abundant supply of good lymph on emergencies. 
In a few days the inhabitants of a town could be vaccinated 
and revaccinated in so short a time, and on such a scale, if 
necessary, as to admit of the possibility of mastering an 
epidemic wffiich even threatened to be ) serious. A good 
instance of this occurred recently onboard one of the French 
Transatlantic steamers. The Tribune Medicale of the 18th of 
April says, that in 500 persons revaccinated on board the 
“ Nouveau Monde,’^ from an inoculated heifer sent from 
Paris, 250 presented well-developed pustules, and were pro¬ 
tected, although living in a confined space, infected by the 
presence of three cases of smallpox.^^ By all means, then, 
let us make trial in England of so promising a remedy, and 
let us at once set about the collection of facts upon which to 
form for ourselves a correct conclusion as to its efficacy. 
We wish Dr. Blanc success in his endeavours to search for 
the truth.— Lancet. 
THE NECESSITY EOR ESTABLISHING A VETERINABY 
INSTITUTION IN IRELAND. 
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At the meeting of the Royal Dublin Society,^’ His 
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant (Earl Spencer) took occa¬ 
sion to remark in his speech at the distribution of the prizes 
for cattle, &c., that there was one other point which he 
