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jmder the cry of «scare.” But the facts are so well estab¬ 
lished that new evidences of the truth of the statement are con¬ 
stantly coming to view, and it will not down. No amount of 
ga ery ta k about veterinarians looking for jobs will discredit 
the fact that delicate constitutions are taking into their vital 
systems daily the tubercle bacillus, and that it finding a con- 
genial habitat there will develop into consumption, which saps 
the h e of the host and makes of him a new focus of infection. 
e Review discredits as thoroughly as the lay press the 
proposition to inaugurate a “ scare,” but it as thoroughly stands 
for an intelligent understanding of the situation, without cov- 
enng up the real facts by sarcastic ridicule and political bun- 
comb. _ We welcome, therefore, the discussion of the subject 
as pelted by the action of the Governor of Illinois, who has 
lhat 6 11 t0 P ubllc sentiment in declaring by statute enactment 
that all cattle coming into that State shall first have been sub¬ 
mitted to the infallible tuberculin test. His action has drawn 
earnes attention to the subject, the lay press has gone deeply 
!” ° !? ma “ er > and whatever the outcome of the measures 
taken, the public will be educated along lines that can but 
eventually redound to the credit of the veterinary profession, 
ice the situation is fermented by unassailable facts, substan- 
tiated by incontrovertible proofs. 
We adjure our friends of the profession in this crisis to stick 
s eadily to scientific facts, avoiding the emotional phase of the 
situation, and when the subject again assumes its normal 
aspect, the lines will have been tightened on the monster which 
they have been so long combatting. 
In this connection, we refer our readers to a long article 
elsewhere on the methods of control of the disease in the vari- 
ous States of the Union. 
he Editors solicit contributions to the department of 
eports of Cases,” believing implicitly that through such a 
medium a great deal of practical knowledge can be imparted to 
a' 1 readers - We have made inquiry of a number of subscrib- 
