DISEASE AMONG AMERICAN CATTLE. 
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term “ helminthology’ 5 is natural, because, as yet, the science 
is not generally cultivated; but for several decades of years 
the term helminthology has been employed on the Con¬ 
tinent No one objects to the terms botany and zoology, 
yet the sciences of plants and animals are thus fittingly 
spoken of. 
Having regard to the fact that I had already dealt with 
the subject of curative treatment of parasitic disease in 
purely professional volumes, I did not repeat my experiences 
on this head; moreover, I did not wish to mislead people, 
for I had retired from practice as a physician. However, 
should a second edition of the treatise be ever demanded, I 
shall bear in mind the friendly remarks of the reviewer, and 
at the risk of being again annoyed with endless applications 
for advice —both as regards the vermifuges suitable for par¬ 
ticular human and animal parasitic disorders—I will at least 
say something concerning the general principles of curative 
treatment. As regards prophylaxis, or the prevention of 
parasitic diseases, on that point, as is generally admitted, I 
have devoted as much space as could well be spared. 
T. S. C. 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
DISEASE AMONG AMERICAN CATTLE. 
The Detroit Post says that a Cattle Sanitary Com¬ 
mission has recently been appointed by the Governor of 
the State of Michigan, which shall have power to use means 
to prevent the spread of dangerous diseases among animals, 
and protect the people of the state from the dangers arising 
from the consumption of diseased meat. The first meeting 
of the commission was held at the office of the State Board 
of Health in Lansing; the commissioners are S. B. Mann 
of Adrian, J. B. Griswold, M.D., of Grand Rapids, and 
A. J. Murray, Veterinary Surgeon of Detroit. The com¬ 
mission organised by the appointment of Mr. Mann as 
President, and Mr. Murray as Secretary. 
Among the topics discussed were the Texas cattle disease, 
glanders, pleuro-pneumonia, hog-cholera, the dangers arising 
from the sale of diseased meat, and the management and 
feeding of cows in connection with the sale of milk. In 
order that the commissioners may carry out the duties which 
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