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disorder of animals known as foot-and-mouth disease, in the list 
of disorders having their common source in small-pox. The in¬ 
fluence which he and Bouley possessed divided the Academy into 
two camps, and the result was recourse to experimentation, which 
happily led to the conclusion that this equine eruption was capable 
of producing cow-pox in the cow and vaccinia in mankind. But 
the burning question as to the identity of small-pox and the 
diverse varioliform affections of animals remained as undecided 
as before; no new facts of a reliable kind were brought forward, 
and there was nothing to talk about save the well-known contra¬ 
dictory circumstances which had been so often alluded to before, 
but which were again brought into debate with all the oratorical 
ability and scientific ardour for which that renowned body is re¬ 
markable. Viewing it as a purely experimental matter, as a 
question which could only be decided by true facts, the Society of 
Medical Sciences of Lyons appointed a commission to carry out 
this inquiry. The commission was composed of Drs. Boudet, 
Delore, Dupuis, G-ailleton, Horand, Lortet, Meynet, and Vien- 
nois, and the veterinary professor Chauveau. The latter was the 
president of the commission, and on him chiefly devolved the task 
of experimenting on the animals. A man more competent for the 
onerous duty imposed upon him could not be found in Europe; 
his reputation in the world of medical science stands very high as 
a most accomplished physiologist and experimental pathologist, 
the result of whose experftnents may be received as absolutely 
trustworthy. Drs. Vi'ennois and Maynet were secretaries, and 
the three drew up the final report, which was presented in 1865. 
On March 5th, 1866 / the French Academy of Science awarded 
the Montyon prize, value 2,500 francs, to Chauveau and his two 
colleagues, Viennois and Maynet, and gave honorable mention to 
the other members of the commission. This award was made on 
the recommendation of a commission appointed by the Academy, 
and constituted by such men as Claude Bernard, Serres, Velpeau, 
Cloquet, Joubert, Flourens, Bayer, Milne Edwards, and 
Longet, who gave their opinion as to the great interest and value 
of the Lyons investigations. This commission, aware that the 
medical profession had been divided in opinion as to whether, if 
