EDITORIAL. 
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ver^ 5 bronze medals were awarded, also a special prize of 400 
francs ($80). 
With the large number of veterinarians that are now found 
in the United States, and the great number of them who belong 
to the national association, would it not be an easy matter to do 
something analogous to what is done by the French society as a 
means of stimulation to original work, and to add to the pleas¬ 
ant time of the annual meeting by a distribution of prizes ? The 
association could make no better use of its bank account. 
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Ovoid Bacteria — Pasteurkelosis—Saemoneleosi^.— 
Our readers have already been made acquainted with some of 
the work done by Professor Lignieres, and we hope to be able 
to present them with more, especially with the important dis¬ 
coveries that he has made in his first inquiries into some dis¬ 
eases prevailing among domestic animals in the Argentine 
Republic. 
The study that Professor Lignieres has made of the disease 
of cattle known under the name of “ enteiqiief of that of sheep 
called “ Lombrixf the discovery of their true microbian nature, 
that of a means of vaccination will prove not only a valuable 
addition to the history of veterinary pathology and the stand¬ 
ing of medical sciences, but will have for the people of the 
South American Republic the saving of many animals whose 
loss might prove ruinous to the country. 
Enteiqne and Lombrix are names which must be now dropped 
from veterinary nomenclature, and that of Pasteurellosis (bovine 
or ovine) must be substituted for those two affections. This de¬ 
nomination of Pasteurellosis, given by Professor Lignieres to 
the diseases of the Argentine Republic is not new with him ; he 
had already applied it to typhoid fever, infectious pneumonia, 
etc., which he gathered under the name of “ Equine Pasteur¬ 
ellosis.” All these affections being due to microbes which be¬ 
long to the gender Pasteurella of Trevisan^ and which, known 
under the very general name of ovoid bacteria^ present some 
general characters of resemblance, viz., “ all are discolored by 
