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Colojiel David Bruce 



[Jan. 24, 



Feeding Experimenth. 



Here is a table showing the result of some of these feeding ex- 

 periments, and you see it is abundantly proved that Malta fever can 

 be conveyed to healthy animals by way of the alimentary canal. 

 Even a single drink of a fluid containing few micrococci almost cer- 

 tainly gives rise to the disease (Fig. 4). 



Malta Fever 



Fig. 4. 

 Feeding Experiments. 



From the results, then, of all these experiments it seemed most 

 probable that the micrococcus gained an entrance to the body by way 

 of the alimentary canal, and therefore by some infected food or 

 drink. 



This led to an examination of food stuffs, and among these the 

 milk of the goat is one of the most important. 



