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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL. 
.Referring to the Report, the Lancet says: “ However, at last 
• foot and mouth disease has been nearly got rid of, and contagious 
pleuro-pneumonia is greatly diminished, though far from being 
extinguished. It is somewhat singular, that in view of the per¬ 
sistency of the last mentioned disease, the Government should' 
ignore the benefits to be derived from protective inoculation. It 
is painful to read of the destruction of entire herds of cattle, 
ouly one or two of which are diseased, without this measure, the 
benefits of which are now placed beyond doubt, being at least 
tried.” * * * “ Glanders amongst horses is on the increase, 
and the returns evidently do not represent a tithe of the cases oc¬ 
curring. Everything appears to be left to chance with regard to 
this dangerous disease; there is no compulsion in the matter of 
reporting the existence of the malady, nor yet any attempt to 
have the source of those cases which are reported.” * * * 
u From the same report it is stated that foot and mouth disease 
was detected among sheep imported from the United States; 
yet, strange to say, from all we can learn the disease is now un¬ 
known there.” * * * “ American swine are largely infected 
with trichinae, yet nothing is done to protect the pork-eating pub¬ 
lic from this source of danger.” * * * The article finishes, 
“ no account is taken of that terrifying and far from rare disease, 
rabies ; nor is any mention made of anthrax, a malady of rather 
rare occurrence, but very' fatal in different parts of the country, 
and being transmissible to various species of animals and man. 
* * * Tuberculosis of cattle, also, is unrnentioned, though the 
disorder is rather rife and apparently on the increase. We won¬ 
der if the Government has heard of it and of the recent startling 
disclosures made with regard to its communicability, not only by 
inoculation but by injections of the milk or flesh of diseased 
cows, as well as its infectiousness through the respiratory organs.” 
If the Lancet , the leading medical organ of England, wonders 
