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is absorbed disappears, the effect produced is immediate; there 
is this great advantage. But the action of the serum is tempo¬ 
rary, it lasts but a little while, 15 days, three weeks at the 
most; nevertheless, you can observe the great advantages that 
the serum of immunized animals can render in a stable full of 
pigs where rouget breaks out. You have had a few cases ; you 
are quite sure that most of your animals will die. In resorting 
to the serum you can be certain that those that are still hearty 
are immunized and protected from all danger, and not only 
those which have no symptoms yet, but also those which are 
already diseased, as the serum also acts as a curative. The 
immunity given will not last long, but you can complete the 
action of the serum and make it more lasting by making a sec¬ 
ond inoculation a few days later, not with serum, but with pure 
non-deteriorated virus. 
By this method one is certain to arrest the mortality in cases 
of rouget. This improvement on Pasteurian vaccination will 
render great service. It is due to MM. Loxens and Schultz, but 
especially to Mr. Reclainche of Toulouse. 
The same method can be applied to symptomatic anthrax. 
Rinderpest can also be treated with success. It has also been 
applied in several infected countries. The valuable works of 
Koch, Turner, Theiler, Danisz and Rader has enabled vari¬ 
ous States of South Africa to overcome the scourge which 
threatened the bovine species in that country with complete ex¬ 
tinction. Nicolli and Adil Bey have obtained the same results 
in Turkey. Yersies, Traimbault and Carre in Indo-China, and 
Mad Sieber in Russia. It is an immense triumph over the 
most serious and most feared disease of occidental Europe. 
Mr. Rignieres has shown that antistreptococcic serotherapy 
is the best mode of treatment for anasarca of the horse. 
Animals immunized against tetanus give a serum which pos¬ 
sesses a wonderful activity. Inoculated preventively in infin¬ 
itesimal doses it protects surely against the natural disease. 
Unfortunately this serum is most often powerless to prevent the 
progress of a declared case of tetanus. When an animal has 
