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a veterinary surgeon on every State Board of Health. The 
people need to be educated to know what veterinary science is 
doing and can do for them to better the sanitary condition. A 
virulent disease transmissible to man breaks out among our 
domestic animals. It is at once recognized by the competent 
veterinarian, measures are taken to prevent the spread of the 
disease, and who can tell the number of lives saved by his 
timely work. 
Education is the keynote in all this work. Educate the 
butcher, the consumer, the meat dealer and the dairyman, and 
you add one item to universal inspection. Give to the dairy 
schools of our country your hearty support, and the day will 
soon come when we can eat a piece of meat or drink a glass of 
milk and have no fear of consuming deadly germs. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
“ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner, but his skill dies with him. By 
recording his observations , he adds to the knowledge of his profession, and assists by his 
facts in building up the solid edifice of pathological science. ’ ’ 
SORE MOUTH IN CATTEE. 
By A. E. Metzger, M. D. C., Clyde, O. 
In reply to Dr. Fulstow’s paper on this subject in June num¬ 
ber of Review I will state that I experienced an outbreak of 
the same disease in the vicinity of Clyde, O. The first symp¬ 
toms manifested were those of sore mouth, profuse flow of 
saliva and inability to eat anything unless forced back under 
the molars, when they ate readily. Dropping off in the flow of 
milk was another early symptom, in some instances being 
totally suppressed. The udder in some cases took on a red 
and in others a purple appearance. The same irritable con¬ 
dition of the mucous membranes seemed to exist throughout 
the body. There was a flow of mucus from the eyes and nos¬ 
trils, in most cases tinged with blood. The bowels were invari¬ 
ably constipated, faeces hard and covered with a bloody mucus. 
The^ lameness developed usually in from two to five days after 
the foregoing symptoms were noticed. There was no percep¬ 
tible swelling of the limbs, but the feet were hot and slight 
pressure between the digits caused excruciating pain. My 
treatment was principally local and consisted in a creolin wash 
