Manual of veterinary microbiology / by Professors Mosselman and Liénaux ; translated and edited by R.R. Dinwiddie.

  • Mosselman, Gustave.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Manual of veterinary microbiology / by Professors Mosselman and Liénaux ; translated and edited by R.R. Dinwiddie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. Works which treat of Microbiology are quite nu- merous, but none offer a concise and complete expo- sition of the accepted facts on the subject, the appli- cation of which is within the reach of students and practitioners. Such outline we would give here in the hope that both may -be benefited thereby. It would seem that this publication has some pros- pect of being well received. Besides the fact that the veterinarian in daily practice is under the neces- sity of having recourse to the teachings of microbi- ology, the inspection of meat and the supervision of the sanitary police—duties which have devolved upon him—make it his imperative duty to neglect no means of diagnosis which science places at his dis- posal. We do not mean to assert that the diagnosis of in- fectious diseases necessitates in all cases a search for the pathogenic microbes, but, recognizing the im- portance of the pathological anatomy and clinical symptoms, we believe that the demonstration of these germs is of much higher value. We will even say that, in unfortunately too many cases, the recog-