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of contagium, or as the signs of destruction of vitality of a part of the fluids or tissues in 

 which they are found, the destruction being due to some other cause, is one of great 

 interest, but for the answering of which the &quot;lancet and injection tube&quot; will probably be 

 far more efficacious than the microscope and &quot;culture apparatus.&quot; 



J. S. BILLINGS, 

 Bvt. Lt. Col. and Asst. /Surg. U. S. Army. 



EDWARD CURTIS, 

 Bvt. Maj. and Asst. Surg. U. S. Army. 

 Hon. HORACE CAPEON, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



