NOVEMBER, 1878. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
PLEUROPNEUMONIA ERYSIPELATODES. 
AS AN OBJECT FOR THE VETERINARY AND SANITARY POLICE. 
By Dr. Herman Putz of Halle, Germany. 
Translated from the German “ Vortrage fur TMerarztef by F. S. B. 
The time is come, says Prof. Putz, when the veterinarian 
must change the character of a non-participating medical empiriker 
for that of an earnest, combative interest in medical science, and in 
the progress of that part to which he himself belongs, in order 
that hygienic and police regulations conformable to the times 
may be made and executed by men possessing the absolutely 
necessary technical comprehension of their duties; and a true 
aggressive, and scientific veterinary medicine find its development 
and appreciation among the people. 
The restriction and suppression of “ Lungenseuche ” is one of 
the more important questions, occupying the attention of those 
interested in the agricultural welfare of a nation at the present 
time; it is also a question which belongs exclusively to the veter¬ 
inarian and the agriculturist to solve, and only by their united 
endeavors can the problem be satisfactorily studied. The essen¬ 
tial properties of this disease from our point of view are: 
