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the blood is filled with these germs, but it has been found 

 that you cannot produce a case of typhoid fever on an ani- 

 mal by innoculation. 



Prof. Seely- — Are the conditions of the disease','known,and 

 its preventives ? 



Dr. Wiswall — Yes, the discharges should be treated with 

 disinfectants, and the bedding kept clean. 



Mr. D. M. Foster, of Calais — How shall we drain our 

 cellars ? 



Br. Wiswall — Drain from the outside. But you all know 

 how to do it. The rule is never to have a bad smell. 



Mr. A. O. Cummings, of Montpelier — Would a spring of 

 pure water in the cellar do harm ? 



Dr. Wiswall — I should not want it there, on account of 

 the water, 



J. M. Fisher, of Cabot — Are cisterns in cellars bad 

 things ? 



Dr. Wiswall — Should hate to build one. 



Mr. Dwinell — Does water running through lead pipe 

 become poison ? 



Dr. Wiswall — It depends on the character of the water. 

 Soft water that would corrode tlio pipe would be, but hard 

 water, containing carbonate of lime, would form a coat- 

 ing over the lead, and not be affected by it. There arc 

 more cases of typhoid fever from drinking impure water 

 than from any other cause. 



Professor Seely said that, since coming to Cabot, at the 

 farm of their townsman, L. C. Fisher, he had seen stock 

 that were well taken care of. There is somethins: that we 

 should take Ijctter care of than our stock — that is, our fam- 



