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upon animals sick with lung affections as never being ill with any 
but mere sporadic inflammatory disease of the air-passages, and 
who thus place themselves on the enviable list of those who re¬ 
fuse to believe that the disease exists in that district. 
Result of all these :— 
“ There can be no longer any doubt , contagious jpleuro-'pneu- 
monia has broken out in Illinois.” 
SANITARY STATEMENTS AGAIN. 
We have time and again called upon our readers, and upon 
members of the profession also, for facts relating to contagious 
diseases, and we have always pointed out to our friends the neces¬ 
sity for doing so. In fact we have tried to show how this is a 
duty due not only the profession, but to the public at large. We 
are satisfied that from the publication of sanitary statements of 
the true extent of the contagious diseases of domestic animals, a 
great deal of public, national, and even international good might 
be derived. That we are not mistaken is shown us by the letters 
we receive with the return statements, in which the writers always 
acknowledge the necessity of such publication—letters and state¬ 
ments for which we offer our thanks to all who have sent them. 
We have not, however, with very few exceptions, received the 
statements of the veterinary officials, nor of State veterinarians, 
nor of veterinarians connected with boards of health. We have 
not, indeed, supposed that they would take the necessary trouble. 
Working for the profession is a different affair from that of govern¬ 
mental offices. But at least, if we cannot give to our statements 
the strength and completeness they would possess if they were, so. 
to speak, “official,” we will be able to give them a certain in¬ 
dorsement of official function, since, instead of being made by a 
few, they will come from a majority of theveterinary surgeons of 
the land. 
We once more, and will again, urgently ask our readers, and 
in fact all veterinarians, to mail us monthly, or every three 
months, a statement of the contagious diseases they may have 
encountered in their practice, and hope that official veterinarians 
