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graduates, who had their small cliques in their boarding houses. 
Dormitories will do much to make the university popular, they 
will tie the Graduate’s memories to his student life and induce 
o 
him to take an interest in the future of the institution. We need 
a botanical garden, and with ample frontage for all our buildings 
on the sides of this triangle, a beautiful spot is left in the centre 
for its construction; there exists already a small fund for this 
purpose left by the late Dr. George B. Wood. We need endow¬ 
ments for the chairs. The chair of surgery must be filled be¬ 
fore the next year, and we should be nntramelled in our choice 
and be able to select the best talent without being influenced by 
the pecuniary value of so many students. 
In fino, gentlemen, we need, and I am sure we will have, your 
support for this undertaking. 
NEW DISCOVERIES IN CERTAIN CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, 
TUBERCULOSIS, ANTHRAX, RABIES. 
By Prof. A. Liautakd, M.D., Y.S. 
(A Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association.) 
M r. President and Gentlemen: —Science, it may safely be 
affirmed, has, obviously, no exclusive nationality. Her genius 
is thoroughly cosmopolitan, and though different countries may 
partially appropriate the fame of their native scientists, and these 
again may distinguish themselves in special and select fields of 
exploration, yet, whatever may be the discoveries achieved, they 
must eventually become the property of the entire scientific 
community. They become the common possession of the intelli¬ 
gent, beyond the limitations of copyright or the restrictions of 
the patent. 
It is for this reason that I have chosen for the subject of the 
present paper, those important discoveries which, within a com¬ 
paratively recent period of time, have rewarded the labors of the 
investigating scientists of Europe, and that I present myself be¬ 
fore yon to ask your kind attention to a brief consideration of 
