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Dr. Cresset. If there was no enlargement of the udder and she 

 had not begun to give milk, I see no reason wh}^ an}' one should call 

 it garget. Remember the definition that I have given. 



Question. In giving a horse aconite, how much would 30U give 

 for a dose ? 



Answer. Put ten drops on a lump of sugar and give it about 

 once an hour. That is mv wav of givinor aconite. Don't dilute it 

 in a pint of water. When given on sugar the horse will eat the 

 sugar and never taste the aconite at all. 



Question. Would you water a horse before he is fed, or after? 



Ansicer. If a horse isn't warm or sweatv I would give him water 

 before I feed him, so there will be a free flow of gastric juice. After 

 an animal has been fed, you don't want to allow them to take a large 

 amount of water. Do not water 3'our horse when he is sweaty and 

 tired. 



Sec. Gilbert. There is one other matter that these farmers are 

 interested in and would like to hear discussed. That is the disease 

 which broke out at the College farm last winter and destroved that 

 herd, tuberculosis ; and if you will please to describe the disease 

 and indicate its probable extent and danger, it will be interesting to 

 all hands. It will have to be done, however, quite briefly, as the af- 

 ternoon is prettj' well advanced. 



Dr. Cresset. Tuberculosis is a sj'nonymous term for consump- 

 tion. It is a specific disease caused by a vegetable germ known as 

 bacillus tuberculosis, which is of recent discovery. My paper on 

 the subject will give 3'ou the essential points in the history of the 

 disease, Discoverv of the germ confirms the good work we have 

 done in past years in the study of this contagious malady. That 

 there was a virus that was destructive to life, there was no doubt. 

 That man}' a grandmother had given it to a child that had roomed 

 with her for years, there was no question. There is no doubt that 

 consumption is absoluteh' contagious by the sputa that may be 

 thrown out. especially if it contains these germs, and that it is a dan- 

 gerous sickness in the household. The greatest care should be taken 

 to prevent its transmission to other members of the family. Dishes 

 should not be allowed to pass from the sick room to 3'our table. The 

 patient should be quarantined to a certain degree. The utmost clean- 

 liness should be exercised, and great care should be given to venti- 

 lation. The sputa should not be allowed to dr}^ on the spittoon or 

 the floor. It is absolutel}' contagious by the inhalation of the germ. 



