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value. We ean then accept the principle that a first eruption of 
gourrae gives an immunity for life to all animals thus once af¬ 
fected ; this is of capital importance to the point of view of the 
practical utility of its inoculation. 
But if gourme does not return, it cannot be the same, as I 
have said, for the catahrral affection which may complicate it. 
As well as those, whose origin is not specific, they predispose 
the mucous membranes where they were developed, to a return of 
the inflammation. And this is how their reappearance, so often 
observed, during four or five consecutive years on the same animal, 
has caused the belief that they were successive manifestations of 
true gourme, whose specific character had not been sufficiently 
observed. 
However, the so common repetition of these affections consti¬ 
tute, besides their proper serious character, a sufficient reason for 
trying to prevent their primitive development at the time of the 
variolic eruption. 
It is useless to describe them—they are too well known. 
They ought all to be considered as complications of gourme. 
I will only say a few words of their gravity, and afterwards 
look into their causes to conclude from these to the means of 
avoiding their action. 
Angina, with sub-glossal abscesses, is both the most frequent 
and the mildest of all gourmy affections localized in the respira 
tory apparatus. In the majority of cases it terminates regularly, 
without compromising the life of the animal nor his special 
qualities. 
I believe that it is an error to say that it may be followed by 
permanent roaring. Though closely watching for it, I have 
never met with it. Altogether, this condition of gourme repre¬ 
sents pretty well what was called the benign form. 
Still, rare exceptions may be met with to the general rule. 
When the local phenomena are very intense, animals may be 
threatened with asphyxia, and die in a very short time. Again, 
as a consequence of the facility with which pus forms itself in 
every part of the body, deep abscesses of the throat, of the walls 
of the pharynx, may be developed and bo followed by the same 
result. 
