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A. LIAUTARD. 
Experiments upon animals in the laboratory seem to solve 
this question in the affirmative. But before it can be applied or 
tested on human subjects, many positive facts will have to be pre¬ 
sented in order to justify its application in human medicine. 
Let us hope that at a date not remote the dreadful fear of hy¬ 
drophobia will no more exist, and that once again science will 
have succeeded in mastering and in remedying another of those 
contagious scourges which have made such fearful havoc 
amongst men and animals. 
EDITORIAL 
CHICAGO CATTLE RAISERS’ CONVENTION. 
The immense value of the property embodied in the live stock 
of the West, and the bxtent and imminence of the dangers to 
which it has in late years been exposed, has excited a degree of 
anxious interest in those whose fortunes are involved in this 
branch of trade, which was sure to lead to the discussion and set¬ 
tlement, sooner or later, of tbe vital and practical questions nat¬ 
urally suggested by the experience and the necessities of the com¬ 
munity of stockmen. It has for some time been evident that the 
period for this could not long be postponed, and the matter has 
at length culminated in a convention of cattle raisers, who assem¬ 
bled in Chicago on the 14th of .November. This meeting was 
the result of a suggestion originating wdth Mr. Thomas Sturgis 
Secretary of the Wyoming Territory Cattle Association, and was 
attended by some two hundred representative stockmen. A 
number of prominent veterinarians were also in attendance as 
delegates and in other capacities, among whom Drs. J. W. Gads¬ 
den, of Philadelphia; J. D. Hopkins, of Cheyenne; E. Salmon, 
of Washington City ; W. H. Paaren, of Chicago, and others, are 
mentioned. A number of interesting papers w r ere read by these 
gentlemen, and the respectful attention with which they were re¬ 
ceived by the convention gave ample proof of a well-merited ap. 
preciation of the value of the suggestions which the professional 
raining and experience of the authors had qualified them to offer. 
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