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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY CONGRESS. 
In concluding, lie offered an amendment to Section 4— 
he asked to substitute in place of “ to prefer inoculation to 
slaughter” the words “to practice inoculation.” 
Profs. Kolme and Muller presented an amendment as follows : 
“ Preventive inoculation ought to be rejected.” 
“ Inoculation of necessity can be recommended and not 
ordered, when the disease has already made its appearance upon 
many animals.” 
The meeting adjourned at 12:30, and session was resumed 
at 2 r. m. 
A vote was taken upon the proposition of Mr. Bouley, and it 
was adopted by 22 votes against 18 in the negative, and with 15 
absentees. 
The amendments of Messrs. Wirtz and Degive to Section 4 
were adopted. 
Upon a remark of Dr. Wirtz, Mr. Degive consented to sub¬ 
stitute in Section 4 for the words “ contaminated or suspected of 
contamination,' 1 the words “suspected of contamination or much 
exposed to contagion.’' 1 / 
Mr. Quivogne’s amendment was rejected. 
The first part cf Messrs. Kcehne and Tomyuk’s amendment was 
adopted, without alteration ; the second part was modified by 
other amendments of Messrs. Bouley, Lustig and Laho. 
Mr. Bouley asked to omit the words, “ when the disease has 
already made its appearance upon many animals.” 
Mr. Lustig proposed to change “ to be recommended ” by 
“ may be admitted.” 
Mr. Laho wished to change the expression “ inoculation of 
necessity” to “inoculation, so called , of necessity.” 
The second part, as amended, was then adopted. 
By the effect of these two votes, Section 4 was changed for 
the amendment of Messrs. Koelme and Tomyuk, and after some 
observations relating to the value of the expressions “ preventive 
inoculation and inoculation so called of ne. essity,” the following 
was adopted : “ Preventive inoculation, or that which is practiced 
when the disease does not exist in a country, must be absolutely 
rejected: inoculation so called of necessity, that is, that which is 
