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tlemen who are in arrears for three years’ dues, will not receive 
the Review after this number, unless their accounts are paid up. 
TRANSLATIONS FROM FOREIGN PAPERS. 
GOURME; OR, HORSE VARIOLA. 
Natural and Irregular Forms of this Disease—Inoculation as 
a Prophylactic Means of Its Complications. 
BY M. L. TRASBOT.* 
(Continued from page 27, Vol. IV.) 
CONCLUDED. 
A horse that has had gourme, has obtained a greater commer¬ 
cial value ; such is for a long time one of the most commonly ad¬ 
mitted ideas. Every veterinarian, consulted at time of purchase, 
has had opportunities to find this out. There is no opinion more 
fully believed ; and thus the first thought of those who buy a 
horse, is to inquire if he has had gourme. 
A popular fancy, strong as it may be, may often however, it 
will be granted, rest only on a simple superstition or a purely 
accidental circumstance. When on the contrary, it touches a 
material interest, there is a strong tendency to a different con¬ 
clusion, and the prevailing view of the case will be more likely 
to rest on the solid facts of observation. And in this case, general 
reason finishes by showing the truth. The belief above referred 
to proves it. Notwithstanding the different affirmations, often 
repeated, even by men of a positive authority, it has never been 
shaken. To-day, its correctness can no longer be contested. 
* Trauslated by A. Liautard, M.D., V.S. 
