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EDITORIAL. 
subjects already announced for transaction and discussion by tlie Con¬ 
gress ; 
a. Precautionary jueasures against the spread of epide^nic diseases in 
consequence of international trade in animals. 
Reporters : Cope, President of the veterinary surgery section of the 
Chamber of Agriculture, London ; Dr. Hutyra, Professor and Head of 
the Veterinary Academy in Budapest; Leblanc, veterinary surgeon for 
epidemic diseases, Member ol the Academy of Medicine in Paris ; V oi¬ 
lers, Government veterinary surgeon in Hamburg. (Swiss reporters are 
still wanting.) 
b. I. The prevention of tuberculosis among domestic animals. 
Reporters : Dr. Bang, Professor at the Veterinary College in Copen¬ 
hagen ; Dr. Siedamgrotzky, Privy Medical Councillor, Professor in the 
Royal Veterinary College in Dresden, district veterinary surgeon in the 
Kingdom of Saxony ; Dr. Stubbt, Veterinary Inspector of the Ministry 
of Agriculture in Brussels. , 
b. 2. The prevention of the use of the flesh and milk of animals suffering 
from tuberculosis. 
Reporters; Butel, veterinary surgeon to the slaughter-house in 
Meaux ; de Tong, Government veterinary surgeon in Leyden ; Dr. Os- 
tertag. Professor at the Royal Veterinary College in Berlin. 
b. 3. The latest suggestions for an effectual meat inspection. 
Reporters : Dr. Edelmann, superintendent of meat inspection in 
Dresden ; Kjerulf, Government veterinary surgeon in Stockholm ; Pos~ 
tolka, imperial official veterinary surgeon in Vienna, 
c. The prevention of foot-and-mouth disease. 
Reporters : Paul Cagny, veterinary surgeon in Senlis ; Cope, as above, 
of London ; Dr. Dammann, Privy and Medical Councillor, Professor and 
Head of the Royal Veterinary College in Hanover; Dr. Furtuna,Yx^C\^^\\t 
of the Veterinary Office in Bucharest; Hafner, Councillor and veterinary 
referee of the Grand Ducal Ministry of the Interior in Carlsruhe ; Hess, 
Professor at the Veterinary School in Berne; Lindquist, Professor and 
Head of the Veterinary College in Stockholm ; Dr. Wirtz, Professor and 
Head of the Veterinary College in Utrecht (has not yet given a decided 
answer in the affirmative). 
d. The prevention oj swine fever. 
Reporters : Professor in the Veterinary School at Toulouse ; 
Dr. Lorenz, GrandDucal medical officer in Darmstadt; Dr. Perroncito, 
Professor at the Veterinary Academy in Turin. 
e. The extension of veterinary instruction, especially by the establish¬ 
ment of institutions for experiments in diseases and by founding chairs of 
comparative medicine in colleges for veterinary surgery. ^ 
