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PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
duties of advising what measures it were necessary to adopt, in 
that contagious pleuro-pneumonia might be suppressed and finally 
eradicated ; to determine whether suspected cases were genuine, 
and to supervise and instruct the staff of V eterinary Inspectors 
appointed by the State. 
On the 25th of April following, I found it necessary to with¬ 
draw from the service of the State, and so tendered my resignation. 
What the causes were which impelled so unpleasant a termination 
of my work, may be seen from the facts set forth below. 
I shall not attempt the presentation of any arguments upon 
the question, Does pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa exist in New Jer¬ 
sey ? for those would-be veterinary surgeons who deny its pres¬ 
ence there, are devoid of that degree of intelligence necessary for 
a just comprehension of the nature and importance of pathologi¬ 
cal lesions when seen, or else they are actuated to such expressions 
of opinion by motives which all honest men ignore. 
Professional mistakes on questions of such vital importance 
as are involved in the treatment of so serious a scourge as this 
disease has ever proved itself, even when made in good faith, will 
prove disastrous to the growth and best interests of veterinary 
surgery for a long time to come, and seriously impair the future 
success of all our live stock interests. But when these mistakes 
are intentionally made for the purpose of personal gain, or that 
they may serve for the moment to satiate the cravings after no¬ 
toriety of a misconceived and perverted ambition, the author, to 
all intents and purposes, steps beyond the dividing line and makes 
himself a criminal. 
Contagious pleuro-pneumonia does prevail in New Jersey, and 
the questions which interest us all are: 
How extensive is it ? 
Is it spreading and increasing ? 
Are the western States endangered ? 
Does it endanger our live stock export trade ? 
Are proper steps being taken to eradicate it ? 
There can be no question that at least eleven, and, possibly, 
thirteen counties within the State are more or less infected. Of 
these eleven counties two were under strict quarantine, Bergen 
