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BIRTHDAY" PRESENT. VETERINARY HONORS. 
though all visible sick animals were slaughtered. In glanders 
deposits in internal organs may remain dormant for years until 
called into more vigorous proliferation by some temporary excit¬ 
ing cause. The same is true of tuberculosis. In lung plague 
there are slight cases that fail to be recognized, there are dead 
encysted masses retained in the chest for long after the subject 
has apparently recovered, and there are local superficial infections 
(analogous to inoculation wounds) which occur without rousing a 
suspicion of their true nature. It follows that in all three dis¬ 
eases a continued supervision is wanted for a length of time (a 
year) after all apparent infection has been ended, nor should any 
beast dying from any cause in such suspected herd be exempted 
from a necropsy to show if any hidden deposits of the dreaded 
infection are to be found. 
Inoculation is certainly an available resort when Government 
refu es all efficient measures for prompt stamping out; 1 am quite 
willino; to accord it all that it deserves, but it is not the best resort 
for our present condition in the United States. 
Faithfully yours, 
James Law. 
A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. 
A very flattering and agreeable surprise was given to Prof. 
A. Liautard, of the American Veterinary College, on the occa¬ 
sion of his birthday, the 15th of February, by the presentation of 
a magnificent seal skin album, containing the photographs of the 
students forming the graduating Jass of 1884. 
VETERINARY HONORS. 
The greatest compliment ever paid to the veterinary profes¬ 
sion has been presented to Mr. Henry Bouley, who was recently 
elected to the presidency of the highest court of Sciences of 
France—that of the Academie des Sciences, of Paris. 
