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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN EUROPE. 
the Association and profession at large. The gift was accepted, 
and thanks returned to the society in a feeling manner. 
A spirited and general discussion then took place on the sub¬ 
ject of trichinosis, hog-cholera, foot and mouth disease, and 
pleuro-pneumonia, especially in reference to the extent of their 
existence in the United States, and of the restrictions they im¬ 
pose upon our foreign trade. 
During the course of the discussion it was shown how im¬ 
perative it is to thoroughly disinfect all vehicles on which in¬ 
fected animals have been carried. A hearty vote of thanks was 
extended to the gentlemen for their papers, after which the Asso¬ 
ciation adjourned to meet in New York next September. 
C. B. MICHENER, 
Secretary. 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN EUROPE. 
Pleuro-Pneumonia in France. —On account of the appear¬ 
ance of this disease in several Spanish localities, the importation 
of cattle is prohibited, and is closed in the different towns lying 
on the French frontiers. 
Texas Fever in England. —The possibility that some of our 
western cattle landing in England may introduce the Texas fever 
into that country, seems to have aroused the fears of the officers 
of the Privy Council. Prof. Brown has made a report, which is 
published in a new Blue Book, recently issued, where the peculiar 
difference between that disease and the home splenic fever are de¬ 
scribed, and the dangers of the importation of the disease on Eng¬ 
lish soil fully explained. 
v- Trichinosis in France. —On account of the discovery of 
trichina in some samples of salt pork imported from the United 
States, found in the markets of Lyons and Paris, the importa¬ 
tion of American pork has been prohibited in the different 
