﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  501 
  

  

  bovine 
  tuberculosis, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  V. 
  A. 
  Moore, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  institution, 
  

   a 
  statement 
  concerning 
  the 
  p'eparation 
  and 
  diagnostic 
  value 
  of 
  

   tuberculin. 
  The 
  reader 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  these 
  papers 
  for 
  further 
  en- 
  

   lightenment 
  on 
  these 
  very 
  interesting 
  topics. 
  

  

  Judging 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  cases, 
  and 
  those 
  cited 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Law's 
  

   article, 
  which 
  are 
  facts 
  recorded 
  by 
  eminent 
  authorities, 
  it 
  would 
  

   seem 
  that 
  bovine 
  tuberculosis 
  is 
  communicable 
  to 
  man. 
  We 
  cer- 
  

   tainly 
  cannot 
  force 
  a 
  person 
  to 
  shut 
  himself 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  room 
  and 
  take 
  

   no 
  other 
  food 
  than 
  the 
  meat 
  of 
  tuberculous 
  cattle 
  and 
  milk 
  from 
  a 
  

   tuberculous 
  cow, 
  and 
  as 
  yet 
  no 
  person 
  has 
  voluntarily 
  offered 
  to 
  

   do 
  so, 
  to 
  prove 
  the 
  absolute 
  correctness 
  of 
  my 
  conclusion 
  ; 
  but 
  

   wlien 
  we 
  will 
  take 
  a 
  person's 
  life 
  on 
  circumstantial 
  evidence, 
  why 
  

   should 
  we 
  exact 
  more 
  exhaustive 
  proof 
  in 
  cases 
  like 
  this 
  ? 
  

  

  Spinal 
  Meningitis. 
  

  

  One 
  case 
  of 
  this 
  was 
  reported 
  and 
  investigated. 
  This 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Prior 
  to 
  my 
  visit, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   cattle 
  had 
  died, 
  and 
  eight 
  were 
  sick 
  and 
  examined 
  by 
  me. 
  It 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  locality, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  farms. 
  Treatment 
  was 
  prescribed, 
  and 
  only 
  two 
  deaths 
  were 
  

   reported 
  since 
  my 
  visit. 
  

  

  Rabies. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  sunmier, 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  

   the 
  disease 
  known 
  as 
  rabies, 
  which 
  had 
  broken 
  out 
  in 
  Erie 
  countv. 
  

   During 
  the 
  outbreak, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  people 
  and 
  animals 
  were 
  bitten. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  cases 
  proved 
  fatal. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  15, 
  an 
  eight-year-old 
  baby 
  was 
  bitten 
  by 
  a 
  rabid 
  dog; 
  

   this 
  chUd 
  developed 
  rabies, 
  and 
  died 
  August 
  7. 
  On 
  the 
  same 
  day, 
  

   a 
  playmate, 
  who 
  tried 
  to 
  free 
  the 
  first 
  boy 
  from 
  the 
  rabid 
  dog, 
  was 
  

   bitten. 
  Nothing 
  was 
  thought 
  of 
  the 
  bite 
  until 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  boy. 
  The 
  second 
  boy 
  was 
  then 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Pasteur 
  Institute, 
  

   New 
  York 
  city, 
  where 
  he 
  died 
  of 
  rabies 
  August 
  27. 
  In 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Lancaster, 
  between 
  August 
  4 
  and 
  10, 
  a 
  farmer 
  had 
  four 
  cattle 
  

  

  