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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY CONGRESS. 
Mr. Degive believed that two points ought to be discussed, to 
wit: inoculation and stamping out. For himself,the question of 
inoculation was already decided. This measure ought to be con¬ 
sidered efficacious. His opinion was based on statistics, which he 
recalled, and though not definitive, they sufficed to prove the 
efficacy of the measure. As to the opportunity of its indication, 
he left it to the Congress to decide. 0 
Messrs. Lydtin and Zundel moved to discuss the question of 
stamping out, as being the more radical, and to treat inoculation 
subsequently. 
Mr. Degive thought that this method of proceeding would di¬ 
minish the importance of the question of inoculation, if the Con¬ 
gress were called to vote upon that of stamping out. 
The following amendment was presented by Messrs. Lydtin 
and Zundel: 
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“ Knowing that from the point of view of sanitary police, epi¬ 
zootic pleuro-pueutnonia is a disease which is spread only by con¬ 
tagion, is generally incurable, and usually terminates fatally; 
this Congress declares: 
“ That to prevent the development and spread of the disease, 
it is proper to apply against it the measures indicated against 
other contagious diseases, which are at the same time incurable 
and fatal.” 
Mr. Bouley proposed to simplify the discussion by omitting 
the articles which belong to the general prophylaxy of contagious 
diseases, and to limit the examination to the two special modes 
applied against exudative pleuro-pneumonia, viz.: stamping out 
and inoculation. 
Mr. Leblanc approved of the design of the proposition of 
Messrs. Zundel and Lidtin, but to the second part of it only. 
The President called for the question of the order proposed 
by Messrs. Zundel and Lydtin, and it was adopted. 
The first part of the proposition was then adopted. 
Article 2. Mr. Dessart was opposed to the slaughter of 
animals only suspected of the disease; this measure, he argued, 
would be more injurious to the public wealth than the disease 
itself. 
